Engendering Culture
Author | : Barbara Melosh |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1991-09-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780874747218 |
ISBN-13 | : 087474721X |
Rating | : 4/5 (21X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Engendering Culture by : Barbara Melosh
Download or read book Engendering Culture written by Barbara Melosh and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1991-09-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the iconography of New Deal murals and plays to interpret the cultural history of the 1930s, Engendering Culture demonstrates that the visual and dramatic images of each form contain an underlying vocabulary of gender: a stock of commonly used poses, subjects, settings, and dramatic roles that encode recognizable characteristics of manhood and womanhood.