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Facing America : iconography and the Civil War / Shirley Samuels.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samuels, Shirley, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--United States--History--19th century.
- Nationalism.
- Political culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Political culture.
- Sex role--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Sex role.
- Signs and symbols--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Signs and symbols.
- Masculinity in art.
- Masculinity in literature.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.
- Women in art.
- Women in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-178) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028455-2
- 0-19-772407-8
- 1-280-47220-0
- 0-19-535169-X
- 0-19-518496-3
- OCLC:
- 57365391
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