Title Facing America : iconography and the Civil War / Shirley Samuels.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-178) and index.
Contents	Facing West -- Miscegenated America -- The face of the nation -- Women at war -- Lincoln's body.
Summary	Exploring how the face and body of America were imagined both physically and metaphorically during the Civil War, this book shows how visual iconography affected changes in postbellum gendered and racialised identifications of the nation.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works.
	Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Nationalism.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Political culture.
	Sex role -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Sex role -- Political aspects.
	Signs and symbols -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Signs and symbols.
	Women in art.
	Women in art.
	Women in literature.
	Women in literature.
	Masculinity in art.
	Masculinity in art.
	Masculinity in literature.
	Masculinity in literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Gender roles.
Genre/Form	Illustrated works.
	Illustrated works.
Other Form:	Print version: Samuels, Shirley. Facing America. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0195128974 (DLC) 2003006305 (OCoLC)51886335
ISBN	9780195351699 (electronic book)
	019535169X (electronic book)
	9780195128970 (acid-free paper)
	0195128974 (acid-free paper)
	1280472200
	9781280472206

Title Facing America : iconography and the Civil War / Shirley Samuels.

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