The Visible Confederacy : Images and Objects in the Civil War South /

"The Visible Confederacy is a comprehensive analysis of the commercially and government-generated visual and material culture of the Confederate States of America. While historians have mainly studied Confederate identity through printed texts, this book shows that Confederates also built and s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brooks, Ross A. (Ross Andrew), 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Material culture.
Antiquities.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Material culture > Confederate States of America > History.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Art and the war.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Antiquities.
Art.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The Visible Confederacy is a comprehensive analysis of the commercially and government-generated visual and material culture of the Confederate States of America. While historians have mainly studied Confederate identity through printed texts, this book shows that Confederates also built and shared a sense of who they were through other media: theatrical performances, military clothing, manufactured goods, and an assortment of other material. Examining previously understudied and often unpublished visual and documentary sources, Ross A. Brooks provides new perspectives on Confederates' sense of identity and ideas about race, gender, and independence, as well as how those conceptions united and divided them"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9780807173718

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