FACING AMERICA by Shirley Samuels ( 9780195128970 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

FACING AMERICA
ICONOGRAPHY AND THE CIVIL WAR

By:

Shirley Samuels

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0195128974

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9780195128970

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

1 January, 2004

Pages:

200

Description:

Exploring how the face and body of America were imagined both physically and metaphorically during the Civil War, this book shows how visual iconography affected changes in postbellum gendered and racialised identifications of the nation.

Synopsis:

Facing America investigates and explains the changing face of America during the Civil War. Drawing on the literature as well as the photographs and political cartoons of the period, Shirley Samuels also explores the body of the nation imagined both physically and metaphorically, arguing that the Civil War marks a dramatic shift from identifying the American nation as feminine to identifying it as masculine.

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26 halftones

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Oxford University Press Inc

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