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A. Joan Saab

PhD (American Studies), New York University, 1999
Associate Professor of Art History/Visual and Cultural Studies
Director, Visual and Cultural Studies Program - On Leave Fall 2010
joan.saab@rochester.edu

Department of Art & Art History
423A Morey Hall
(585) 275-7922

Interests:
Twentieth-century American cultural history
Media and culture, urban and community studies
Popular culture
Cultural studies
Aesthetic categories and values
Publications:
For the Millions: American Art and Culture in the 1930s, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004
Articles In:
American Visual Culture
New York Modern: The Arts and the City
Columbia Journal of American Studies
Index Magazine
Articles Forthcoming In:
I'm Every Women: The Phenomenon of Oprah
Hollywood and Motherhood
The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
Current Book Project:
"How to Take a Picture: The Creation of Photographic Meaning in the United States."
Graduate Courses:
AH 256/456 Vernacular Architecture in the USA
AH 266/466 African American Visual Culture
AH 274/474 Cultural History of American Architecture
AH 292/492 The Modern City
AH 320/520 Politics of Space