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Jacob Riis. Social Activist or Muckraker?: Riis' authenticity in "How the Other Half Lives"

Jacob Riis. Social Activist or Muckraker?: Riis' authenticity in "How the Other Half Lives"

          
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Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, University of Tubingen, language: English, abstract: In the following paper, the author examines the debate if Riis was a Social Activist, who wanted to enhance the New York slums in the late 19th century, or a Muckraker, who aspired to become famous at any price. The primary source of this debate will be Jacob Riis' most famous work "How the Other Half Lives". Moreover, this debate will be developed in respect to both Riis' biography and "How the Other Half Lives"'content, its structure, its language and its style in general. Jacob August Riis "How the Other Half Lives - Studies among the Tenements of New York" which was first published in 1890 is an early work of photojournalism. It deals with the tenement and slum conditions in New York in the late 19th century. "How the Other Half Lives" is a documentation and not a fictional story. All 25 chapters report on occurrences which the author has researched and experienced. Jacob Riis uses numerous photographs, sketches and ground plans in each chapter to visualize his words to the reader. Some photographs are recorded by the author himself who makes use of new innovations. Riis' usage of the flashlight was one of the newest and groundbreaking methods to take pictures at the end of the 19th century. He intensely experimented with flash and refined the work with his camera. Since Riis put a lot of time, active work and effort in both the photography and the text component, he was regarded as a Social Activist. Riis states that his publication of photojournalism is based on changing and fighting against the social injustice in New York by "providing for every man a clean and comfortable home." In opposition to that, Riis was also regarded as a Muckraker. A Muckraker looks "for information about people's private lives that they do not wish to make public" (Oxford Dictionary) in order to scandalize. Since


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  • ISBN-13: 9783346133274
  • Publisher: Grin Verlag
  • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 45 gr
  • ISBN-10: 3346133273
  • Publisher Date: 12 Mar 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Riis' authenticity in "How the Other Half Lives"
  • Width: 148 mm


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