How Long to Read Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England

How Long Does it Take to Read Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England?

It takes the average reader and 30 minutes to read Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England by Caitlyn E. Carr

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Throughout World War II, American photographer Lee Miller (1907-1977) served as a war correspondent for Conde Nast. As she followed the 273rd infantry regiment of the 45th division of the United States Army, Miller published photo essays in American, British, and French Vogue. On April 30, 1945, the day that Hitler killed himself in a Berlin bunker, Miller and her partner, Dave Scherman, found themselves in his Munich apartment. Miller proceeded to photograph some of his belongings, and she and Scherman staged a photograph in the deceased chancellor's bathroom. This thesis examines the resulting photospread, "Hitleriana," which was published in the July 1945 issue of British Vogue. Scholars have attended to one of the photographs in the spread, Lee Miller in Hitler's Bath (1945), and argued that it speaks to Miller's recent harrowing experience covering the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, her time as a photojournalist, and her interest in Surrealism. Rather than approaching this one photograph biographically, my thesis explains how and why the spread as whole, including Lee Miller in Hitler's Bath, responds to the visual culture of the Third Reich and of Hitler in particular. Reading the photographs in relation to one another, to the essay that accompanied them, and to the visual culture of World War II more broadly, this thesis argues that the spread worked to counteract more traditional depictions of Adolf Hitler. Official Nazi imagery and popular film depicted Hitler as a larger than life, mythic figure. In "Hitleriana," Lee Miller reveals his mortality and critiques the culture industry that would have readers see him otherwise.

How long is Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England?

Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England by Caitlyn E. Carr is 29 pages long, and a total of 7,511 words.

This makes it 10% the length of the average book. It also has 9% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 41 minutes to read Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England aloud.

What Reading Level is Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England?

Lee Miller's "Hitleriana" and the Visual Culture of War-time England is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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