TY - JOUR
T1 - Photo-Text Topographics
T2 - Memory and Place in Sally Mann's Hold Still
AU - Lloyd, Christopher
N1 - © Cambridge University Press and British Association for American Studies 2020. This paper has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer-review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press. This manuscript is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License (CC-BY-NC-ND). For further information please see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
PY - 2020/2/5
Y1 - 2020/2/5
N2 - This article explores Sally Mann's memoir Hold Still (2015) as a complex photo-text that excavates, mediates and shapes memories, both of her family and of the US South more broadly. Theorizing photo-text topographics, the article argues that various landscapes (regional, memorative, aesthetic) are mediated by the interrelation between word and image. Mann's depictions of her children, southern location, and – most explicitly – black–white relations in the United States will be shown to reveal how the past can never be “held still.”
AB - This article explores Sally Mann's memoir Hold Still (2015) as a complex photo-text that excavates, mediates and shapes memories, both of her family and of the US South more broadly. Theorizing photo-text topographics, the article argues that various landscapes (regional, memorative, aesthetic) are mediated by the interrelation between word and image. Mann's depictions of her children, southern location, and – most explicitly – black–white relations in the United States will be shown to reveal how the past can never be “held still.”
U2 - 10.1017/S0021875819000926
DO - 10.1017/S0021875819000926
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-8758
JO - Journal of American Studies
JF - Journal of American Studies
ER -