Author: Clare Haynes File Type: pdf The part religion played in questions of national identity in early modern England is a familiar historical theme, yet little work has been done on how this worked culturally. Nowhere is this more visible than in the seeming contradiction of a militantly Protestant nation such as England, that had a high regard for Catholic art. It is this dichotomy, the tensions between art and anti-Catholicism, that forms the central investigation of this book. During the late seventeenth and eighteenth century, religious art was closely identified with idolatry, and the use of images was one of the most obvious markers of the boundary between Protestantism and Catholicism. This manifested itself in an unease about the status of the religious image in English society, which was articulated in religious tracts, anti-Catholic propaganda, polemical debate, court cases and numerous other places. In light of these attacks upon idolatry, the fact that a great deal of Catholic art was so highly regarded and sought after seems puzzling. By discussing English attitudes towards the works of Italian painters (including Raphael, Michelangelo and Domenichino) and the ways in which native artists sought appropriately Protestant ways of emulating them, this volume offers a fascinating perspective on the dichotomy that existed between English appreciation and disapproval of Catholic culture. By taking this cultural and artistic approach and applying it to the broader historical themes, a new and invigorating way of understanding religion and national identity is offered. **Review One of the six titles short-listed for the British Art Journals William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2007 ... this is an excellent guide to a neglected aspect of the interplay between art and religion in England... Art and Christianity In Haynes well-argued, extensively researched and amply illustrated book, with its well thought-out chapters, she investigates issues such as the Protestant gaze and draws well on contemporary journals, pamphlets and other accounts to explore the mental entanglements arising from great art that nevertheless posed dangers of idolatry. The Art Book In this interesting, well-illustrated and pioneering work, Clare Haynes introduces one of the more intriguing paradoxes of the long eighteenth century . ...there is much of value in this work, and it is to be hoped that it will be (as the author promises) the first-fruit of a career examining the vital interaction between faith and art in this crucial era. English Historical Review Pictures and Popery makes a bold and most welcome foray into a neglected area of English cultural history, opening avenues of enquiry that have been largely ignored for a generation or more. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies This excellent, accessibly written, and carefully evidenced study addresses the intriguing and long-neglected issue of religious painting and [...] sculpture in England after the Reformation... Other merits aside, the bibliography of this book is a must-have! Catholic Historical Review This is an intelligent and engaging book ... Clare Haynes succeeds in revealing late Stuart and early Georgian England as a far less narrowly rational place than is sometimes supposed. The Burlington Magazine Pictures and Popery is an important contribution to a growing body of work that scrutinizes the intersection of art and religion. Church History This book richly illuminates a largely neglected area of British art history, and convincingly shows how the politics of religion contributed to shaping eighteenth-century discourses of taste and cultural identity. Journal of Ecclesiastical History About the Author Dr Clare Haynes is British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of World Art Studies and Museology, University of East Anglia, UK.

Author: Georgina Blakeley File Type: pdf Karl Marxs classic definitions of class and society under capitalism are still widely used today. Ideas such as class, revolution, production and oppression are employed across a broad range of academic subjects, reaching beyond politics, economics and sociology.Yet these concepts, within a specifically Marxist framework, are not always easy to understand. This book is an ideal student introduction that explains, in clear and concise chapters, the precise meaning and implications of each of Marxs key concepts. Furthermore, the contributors show how these ideas continue to be relevant, and how they relate to modern society.The contributors include leading academics in the field of politicial science. Outlining clearly what each concept means, they move on to situate it within cutting-edge contemporary political theory.Concepts include historical materialism, capitalism, class, the state, imperialism, the division of labour, oppression, production and reproduction, revolution, working class internationalism, equality and democracy.About the AuthorGeorgina Blakeley is Head of Politics at the University of Huddersfield. Her main publications are on Spanish politics and democratisation. Valerie Bryson is Professor of Politics at the University of Huddersfield. She teaches and researches on feminist theory, and women and politics. Her publications include Feminist Political Theory An Introduction (Macmillan, 1992) and Feminist Debates Issues of Theory and Political Practice (Macmillan, 1999). Blakely and Bryson are the co-editors of Contemporary Political Concepts A Critical Introduction (2002).

Author: Amy Helene Forss File Type: pdf Mildred Dee Brown (190589) was the cofounder of Nebraskas Omaha Star, the longest running black newspaper founded by an African American woman in the United States. Known for her trademark white carnation corsage, Brown was the matriarch of Omahas Near North Sidea historically black part of townand an iconic city leader. Her remarkable life, a product of the Reconstruction era and Jim Crow, reflects a larger American history that includes the Great Migration, the Red Scare of the postWorld War era, civil rights and black power movements, desegregation, and urban renewal. Within the context of African American and womens history studies, Amy Helene Forsss Black Print with a White Carnation examines the impact of the black press through the narrative of Browns life and work. Forss draws on more than 150 oral histories, numerous black newspapers, and government documents to illuminate African American history during the political and social upheaval of the twentieth century. During Browns fifty-one-year tenure, the Omaha Star became a channel of communication between black and white residents of the city, as well as an arena for positive weekly news in the black community. Brown and her newspaper led successful challenges to racial discrimination, unfair employment practices, restrictive housing covenants, and a segregated public school system, placing the woman with the white carnation at the center of Americas changing racial landscape. (Women in the West)

Author: Audrey Fisch File Type: pdf The slave narrative has become a crucial genre within African American literary studies and an invaluable record of the experience and history of slavery in the United States. This Companion examines the slave narratives relation to British and American abolitionism, Anglo-American literary traditions such as autobiography and sentimental literature, and the larger African American literary tradition. Special attention is paid to leading exponents of the genre such as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, as well as many other, less well known examples. Further essays explore the rediscovery of the slave narrative and its subsequent critical reception, as well as the uses to which the genre is put by modern authors such as Toni Morrison. With its chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion provides both an easy entry point for students new to the subject and comprehensive coverage and original insights for scholars in the field.Review...the essays are concise, clearly written and full of fresh insights. CLIO... accessible, illustrative and stimulating companion to narrative. Journal of Language and Literature Book DescriptionThis Companion examines the slave narrative in relation to its historical context as well as the African American literary tradition. With its chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion provides both an easy entry point for students new to the subject and comprehensive coverage for scholars in the field.