Seeing the American Woman, 1880-1920: The Social Impact of the Visual Media Explosion - Softcover

Katherine H. Adams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786466618 ISBN 13: 9780786466610

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2011

Synopsis

[From 1880 to 1920, the first truly national visual culture developed in the United States as a result of the completion of the Pacific Railroad and a new level of invention, reproduction, and distribution of all kinds of images. Women, especially young and beautiful ones, found new lives shaped by their participation in that visual culture. This rapidly evolving age left behind the ""cult of domesticity"" that reigned in the nineteenth century to give rise to new ""types"" of women based on a single feature--a type of hair, skin, dress, or prop--including the Gibson Girl, the sob sister, the stunt girl, the hoochy-coochy dancer, the bearded lady. Exploring both high and low culture, from the circus and film to newspapers and magazines, this intriguing volume examines depictions of women at the beginning of ""mass media,"" depictions that would remain influential throughout the twentieth century.]

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Review

"Valuable"--Journal of American Studies.

About the Author

Katherine H. Adams is the Hutchinson Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans and chair of the English department. She is the author of numerous books about American women and about American education. Michael L. Keene, the author or coauthor of fifteen books, is a professor of English at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville, teaching courses in professional communication and rhetorical theory. Jennifer C. Koella lectures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0786466618
• ISBN 13: 9780786466610
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275