Seeing the American Woman, 1880-1920: The Social Impact of the Visual Media Explosion

by Jennifer C. Koella, Michael L. Keene, Katherine H. Adams

Book Overview

From 1880 to 1920, the first truly national visual culture developed in the United States as a result of the completion of the Pacific Railroad. Women, especially young and beautiful ones, found new lives shaped by their participation in that visual culture. This rapidly evolving age left behind the "cult of domesticity" that reigned in the nineteenth century to give rise to new "types" of women based on a single feature--a type of hair, skin,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786466618
• ISBN13: 9780786466610
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher