Depiction of 19th-Century American Girls in Paintings and Photographs: Lack of Agency and Empowerment

This article is based on a selection of images of girls and young ladies – the future women of America – that figure predominantly in visual representations in the 19th century, in painting and, in the second part of the century, in photography. As an icon of America’s future, white middle-class Ame...

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Main Author: Anne Lesme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2014-11-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/67429

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