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Popular culture --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Greater America Exposition --- Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition --- Omaha. --- Trans-Mississippi Exposition --- United States --- Social life and customs
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"Mines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art criticism, in order to trace the changing political positions of artists, artworks, and authors"--
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This work argues that nativism, the hostility especially to Catholic immigrants that led to the organization of political parties like the 'Know-Nothings', affected the meaning of nineteenth-century American art in ways that have gone unrecognized. In an era of industrialization, nativism's erection of barriers to immigration appealed to artisans, a category that included most male artists at some stage in their careers. But as importantly, its patriotic message about the nature of the American republic also overlapped with widely shared convictions about the necessity of democratic reform.
Art and society --- History --- Walcutt, William, --- Criticism and interpretation.
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Painting, American --- Peinture américaine --- Kinkade, Thomas, --- Themes, motives.
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In the volume's inaugural essay, Annie Proulx discusses landscapes in American fiction, comments on how she constructs characters, and interprets current literary trends. Edward Watts offers a theory of region that argues for comparisons of the United States to other former colonies of Great Britain, including New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Whether considering a writer's connection to region or the idea of place in exploring what is meant by regionalism, these essays uncover an enduring and evolving concept. Although the approaches and disciplines vary, all are framed within the fundamental
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