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Literature on the American woman suffrage movement is plentiful, but no work has systematically analyzed the visual aspect in the quest for woman suffrage. This publication fills this gap. Taking mid 19th century representations of women as a basis, it analyses political cartoons in three major woman's journals between 1910 and 1920 and distills the visual representation of women in the counterpublic sphere of the woman partisan press. The portrayal of women in political cartoons of three general interest journals during the same time period simultaneously helps to trace sociocultural changes in the general concept of femininity in early 20th century USA. Women's claim for suffrage not only asked for a political right. At the same time, the gender concepts of the day were being negotiated in a highly charged public discourse, in which the visual medium of the cartoon served as a particularly effective means of emotional persuasion. This book will appeal to students of Social History, Gender Studies and Media Studies as well as to the general interest reader.
List of contents
Contents: American Woman Suffrage Movement - Right to Vote - Woman's Movement - Press coverage - Political Cartoon - Visual Representation - Gender Representation - Gender Identity - Concept of Femininity - Counterpublic Sphere - Public Discourse - Visual Aspect - Social
Movement - Political Persuasion - Emotional Aspect.
About the author
Katharina Hundhammer studied Modern History, Ancient History and Intercultural Communications at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and the Wayne State University in Michigan. After teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, she worked at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Munich and at the library of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. She is now a librarian at the Bavarian State Library.
