Visualizing labor in American sculpture : monuments, manliness, and the work ethic, 1880-1935 / Melissa Dabakis.
| Author/creator | Dabakis, Melissa |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
| Description | xvi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge studies in American visual culture Cambridge studies in American visual culture. ^A370813 |
| Contents | From craftsman to operative: the work ethic ideology and American art -- Martyrs and monuments: The Haymarket affair -- The spectacle of labor: the world's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The erotics of the laboring body: Douglas Tilden's Mechanics Fountain -- A museological tribute to the work ethic: the Constantin Meunier Exhibition -- The stoker, the ragpicker, and the striker: American genre sculpture in the Progressive Era -- Icons of labor: capitalism, communism, and the politics of sculpture, 1917 to 1935 -- Conclusion: organized labor and the politics of representation: The Samuel Gompers Memorial. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-286) and index. |
| LCCN | 98045452 |
| ISBN | 0521461472 (hb) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | NB1952.L33 D24 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |