Visualizing the Nation

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"Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of the dangers of feminine influence and the seductions of visual imagery. The use of caricatures and allegories contributed to the destruction of the masculinized images of hierarchic absolutism and to forging new roles for men and women in both the intimate and public arenas. Landes tells the story of how the depiction of the nation as a desirable female body worked to eroticize patriotism and to bind male subjects to the nation-state. Despite their political subordination, women too were invited to identify with the project of nationalism."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Art and the revolution,  Allegories,  Art,  French Art,  Symbolic aspects of the Human body,  Sex role in art,  Political aspects of Art,  Human Body,  Nationalism and art,  History,  Human body,  Art, french,  Art, political aspects,  France, history, revolution, 1789-1799,  France, history, 18th century,  France, social conditions,  Art français,  Aspect politique,  Nationalisme et art,  Rôle selon le sexe dans l'art,  Allégories,  Corps humain,  Aspect symbolique,  Histoire,  Art et révolution,  Allegory (artistic device),  15.70 history of Europe,  Political aspects,  Symbolic aspects,  Druckgrafik,  Französische Revolution,  Frau,  Geschichte,  Kunst,  Nationalismus,  Politik,  Tugend,  Nation,  Cultuurgeschiedenis,  Franse Revolutie,  Nationalisme,  Sekserol,  Allégorie,  Compagnie Rêvolution

Places: France

Times: 18th century,  Revolution, 1789-1799