Denney, Colleen, 1959-

The visual culture of women's activism in London, Paris and beyond : an analytical art history, 1860 to the present / Colleen Denney. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: raise your banner high! -- Les femmes ennuyøes : bored women in European culture; presaging a Call to Action -- "Not only perfect patriot but perfect woman" : the evocation of Joan of Arc in suffrage England -- Bodica : patriotic woman leader, mother, and resistant -- Allegory in suffrage propaganda : Britannia, liberty, and justice -- Epilogue: from the hammer to the fist : march, process, progress, and protest -- Notes -- Bibliography.

"This study examines the domains of public and private space--and the interstices between them--with a focus how women advance in the public arena drawing on the domestic politics of private in their drive for social justice and equality. The author examines the visual culture of first-wave feminists in Edwardian England and feminist developments in France." "--



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Feminists--History.--Great Britain
Feminists--History.--France
Women political activists--History.--Great Britain
Women political activists--History.--France
Social justice--History.--Great Britain
Social justice--History.--France
Art--History.--Great Britain
Art--History.--France


Electronic Books.

HQ1191 / .V578 2018