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