The writing on the wall: treasury section murals in New Deal Louisiana
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The murals, which adorned the walls of post offices all over Louisiana, were set up by the Treasury Section during the New Deal of the 1930s. The Roosevelt administration went into the business of patronizing art, and in the process promoted a white-dominated cultural standardization. The murals represented bountiful cotton production, white masters and black workers. They also depicted Southern aristocrats in ostentatious carriages. The artists were instructed by the Treasury to portray stereotypically, and were converted into propagandists at the public expense.
Publication Name: Prospects
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0361-2333
Year: 1996
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Writing for Faulkner, writing for herself: Estelle Oldham's anticolonial fiction
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Estelle Oldham's stories based on her first marriage and experience in Shangai challenge the conventional racial and gender roles defined by empire-builders. Oldham, who later married William Faulkner, was a big influence on his work. Through her women character such as Emma Jane in 'Star Spangled Banner Stuff' she subverts the traditional imperial romance genre. Women are not traditional passive victims but they are limited by conventional roles.
Publication Name: Prospects
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0361-2333
Year: 1997
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Clover Adams's dark room: photography and writing, exposure and erasure
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The author discusses Marian Hooper Adams' extensive work as an amateur portrait photographer prior to the mass-marketing of the Kodak camera in 1889. Topics include Adams' move from writing to photography and what her work indicates about the status of women in that era.
Publication Name: Prospects
Subject: Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
ISSN: 0361-2333
Year: 1999
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