Question

I am reading "rise of the image culture: Re-Imagining the American Dream" by Elizabeth Thoman.

The link to the article can be found by googling "rise of the image culture"

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

What is your question?

Answer 2

Wow!...I must have erased it when I deleted the link. Sorry about that.

I am having an extremely difficult time in determining the thesis of the article.

Answer 3

I believe the thesis is stated at the end of the introduction:

"But the consumer culture as we know it could never have emerged without the invention of the camera and the eventual mass-production of media images it made possible."

http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article79.html

Answer 4

Thank you Ms. Sue. I was really thinking that was it but I wasn't 100% sure as it did not have quite the punch I'm used to seeing for thesis.

Thank you again.

Answer 5

I know -- but I think that's the author's point. And she reiterates it in the last couple of sentences.