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Art, Nation and Gender: Ethnic Landscapes, Myths and Mother-Figures book cover

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Art, Nation and Gender Ethnic Landscapes, Myths and Mother-Figures

By Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch, Tricia Cusack Copyright 2003
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge
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This title was first published in 2003. The essay collection explores the conjunctions of nation, gender, and visual representation in a number of countries-including Ireland, Scotland, Britain, Canada, Finland, Russia and Germany-during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors show visual imagery to be a particularly productive focus for analysing the intersections of nation and... Read more

Contents:

Introduction: art, nation and gender, Tricia Cusack

Part I: Women as Allegories of the Nation: From Britannia to Mother Russia

1. Domesticating Britannia: representations of the nation in Punch 1870-1880, Anne Helmreich

2. Anima Celtica: Embodying the soul of the nation in 1890s Edinburgh, Murdo Macdonald

3. (Dis-)embodying the nation: female figures, desire and nation-building in early 20th-century Finland, Johanna Valenius

4. Putting Mother Russia in a European context, Linda Edmondson

Part II: Regendering National Culture

5. Visual Marianism and national identity in Ireland 1920-1960, John Turpin

6. From the zero hour: transparency, gender and architecture in post-war Germany, Deborah Ascher Barnstone

Part III: Women's Art: Expanding National Identity

7. True patriot love: Joyce Wieland's Canada, Christine Conley

8. Becoming women: Irigaray, Ireland and visual representation, Hilary Robinson

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Tricia Cusack, Convenor of the Humanities Curriculum Development and Research Group and Lecturer in History of Art, Architecture and Design School of Continuing Studies, University of Birmingham, UK and Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch, Curator of Irish painting at the National Gallery of Ireland, Ireland

'... valuable collection of accessible yet in-depth and informative essays...' Suzanna Chan, Science Direct

'... relevant not only for art historians but for students of nationalism and gender across a variety of disciplines as well.' Susan M. Digiacomo, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism

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