Facing America : iconography and the Civil War / / Shirley Samuels
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| Autore: |
Samuels Shirley
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| Titolo: |
Facing America : iconography and the Civil War / / Shirley Samuels
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nationalism - United States - History - 19th century |
| Political culture - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Sex role - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Signs and symbols - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Masculinity in art | |
| Masculinity in literature | |
| Women in art | |
| Women in literature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence |
| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works | |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2004. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-178) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. FACING WEST; 2. MISCEGENATED AMERICA; 3. THE FACE OF THE NATION; 4. WOMEN AT WAR; 5. LINCOLN'S BODY; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This work investigates and explains the changing face of America during the Civil War. The author explores the body of the nation imagined both physically and metaphorically, arguing that the Civil War marked a shift from identifying the America as feminine to identifying it as masculine. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Facing America |
| ISBN: | 0-19-028455-2 |
| 0-19-772407-8 | |
| 1-280-47220-0 | |
| 0-19-535169-X | |
| 0-19-518496-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826549603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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