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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brooks, Ross A. (Ross Andrew), 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Iconography of the Confederate government
  • Nativism and depictions of race
  • The southern defense of slavery
  • Manufacturing and southern autonomy
  • The photographic and graphic print industries
  • The meanings of Confederate military clothing
  • Visualizing the war for the people
  • Representations of womanhood
  • Picturing hierarchies of manhood.

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