Analyse d'un corpus - The visual history of the United States of America

Thèmes abordés

Visual history, United States of America, Etats-unis, statue of liberty, world war, New Deal, Great Depression, American Dream, Martin Luther King, technologie, contextualisation, corpus iconographique, Kennedy

Résumé du document

Ce document contient un exercice en anglais visant à analyser un corpus documentaire afin de retracer l'identité visuelle de l'Amérique. Le corpus ayant servi de base à l'analyse peut être fourni sur demande (s'adresser au service client).

Extraits

[...] Drive in fast food, residential suburbs, baseball legends and so on were parts of the American daily lives. Questioning the American Dream (1960-1975) The American flag on the moon proved once again to the world the technological hegemony of the USA. Rosa parks refusing to give up her seat to a white person in a bus or Dr Martin Luther King's speeches raised the questions of race in the USA and promote more social justice for African American. The assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas deeply shook the American public. [...]

[...] Movies, music, TV channels and computers, were on the rise during the 80's and 90s changing the way of life of Americans, making them access to entertainment and information more easily. Obama divided America, he created great hope during his campaign and mandates for so many Americans, nevertheless he antagonized a lot of people of the right and far right against him, calling him a Muslim, a socialist, a communist, pretending he was born on US territory... The squid comparison is often used to describe an ideology that spread its tentacles in order to gain new territories. [...]

[...] The WCTU is a good example of the rise of American puritanism in the late 19th century. Promoting core Christian American values such as purity and abstinence, trying to weight on political reforms and government officials. "US is voted dry" was a reference to alcohol prohibition in the country in 1919. First world war and "roaring twenties" This chapter pictures highlight the attachment of the USA to its military. The first pictures stresses out the propaganda put into place in order to convince American youth to serve their country by enrolling in the military or buying government bonds to finance and support the military effort. [...]

[...] The event was of a rare brutality, he had his fingers cut off before he was burnt to death and dismembered in the city. The event was internationally talked about, and raised awareness about the situation of the treatment of African American in the USA thanks to the press as many newspapers condemned the atrocious attack. The Panama Canal was of paramount important in the US politics and testifies of its worldwide hegemony and power. They managed to do what the French failed in doing back in 1881, connecting the 2 Oceans in order to facilitate economics exchange and transportation of goods. [...]

[...] The pictures promote the war bonds that Americans are encouraged to buy in order to support and finance the military effort of the government, supporting the troops is a typical American value because the military are perceived as defending the other American values such as freedom of speech, of worship and protecting families. The fear and hatred of communism was still strong in this period, Captain America was the cliché of the American capitalistic savior. Mass consumption or consumerism starting to be implemented through low-prices homes in order for middle class and lower to access to owning homes. [...]