Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image
| Author | : Mary Campbell |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2016-12-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226373690 |
| ISBN-13 | : 022637369X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (69X Downloads) |
Download or read book Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image written by Mary Campbell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the church's favorite photographers, Johnson (1857-1926) spent the 1890s and early 1900s taking pictures of Mormonism's most revered figures and sacred sites. At the same time, he did a brisk business in mail-order erotica, creating and selling stereoviews that he referred to as his "spicy pictures of girls." Situating these images within the religious, artistic, and legal culture of turn-of-the-century America, Campbell reveals the unexpected ways in which they worked to bring the Saints into the nation's mainstream after the scandal of polygamy. --Publisher description.
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