Columbia and Her Sisters: Personifying the Civil War

[...]sexuality and nationalism are closely intertwined: to defend the nation-state is to shelter female bodies from rapacious enemies and to retain the purity and structural integrity of national borders and codes of law. According to Johnson, allegory allows for interpretation "through a predi...

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Published in:American studies (Lawrence) 2016-01, Vol.55 (1), p.31-57
Main Author: Johnson, Allison M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Embodiment
Faust, Drew Gilpin
Femininity
Nast, Thomas (1840-1902)
Politics
Predicate
Readability
Sexuality
Space
Violence
Visual culture
War
Women
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Summary:[...]sexuality and nationalism are closely intertwined: to defend the nation-state is to shelter female bodies from rapacious enemies and to retain the purity and structural integrity of national borders and codes of law. According to Johnson, allegory allows for interpretation "through a predicate of embodiment, location, interest, and readability" (73).
ISSN:0026-3079
2153-6856
2153-6856
DOI:10.1353/ams.2016.0053