ThomasNast:TheFatherofModernPoliticalCartoons
- 作者
- 出版社 UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress
- 出版时间 2013年1月
- ISBN 9780807835876
- 定价 249.20
内容简介
ThomasNast(1840-1902),thefoundingfatherofAmericanpoliticalcartooning,isperhapsbestknownforhiscartoonsportrayingpoliticalpartiesastheDemocraticdonkeyandtheRepublicanelephant.Nast'slegacyalsoincludesatroveofotherpoliticalcartoons,hissuccessfulattackonthemachinepoliticsofTammanyHallin1871,andhiswildlypopularillustrationsofSantaClausforHarper'sWeeklymagazine.Throughouthiscareer,hisdrawingsprovidedapointedcritiquethatforcedreaderstoconfrontthecontradictionsaroundthem.
Inthisthoroughgoingandlivelybiography,FionaDeansHalloranfocusesnotjustonNast'spoliticalcartoonsforHarper'sbutalsoonhisplacewithinthecomplexitiesofGildedAgepoliticsandhighlightsthemanycontradictionsinhisownlife:hewasanimmigrantwhoattackedimmigrantcommunities,asupporterofcivilrightswhoportrayedblackmenasfoolishchildreninneedofguidance,andanenemyofcorruptionandhypocrisywhoidolizedUlyssesS.Grant.Hewasamanwithpowerfulfriends,includingMarkTwain,andpowerfulenemies,includingWilliamM."Boss"Tweed.HalloraninterpretsNast'swork,exploreshismotivationsandideals,andilluminatesNast'slastinglegacyonAmericanpoliticalculture.
Inthisthoroughgoingandlivelybiography,FionaDeansHalloranfocusesnotjustonNast'spoliticalcartoonsforHarper'sbutalsoonhisplacewithinthecomplexitiesofGildedAgepoliticsandhighlightsthemanycontradictionsinhisownlife:hewasanimmigrantwhoattackedimmigrantcommunities,asupporterofcivilrightswhoportrayedblackmenasfoolishchildreninneedofguidance,andanenemyofcorruptionandhypocrisywhoidolizedUlyssesS.Grant.Hewasamanwithpowerfulfriends,includingMarkTwain,andpowerfulenemies,includingWilliamM."Boss"Tweed.HalloraninterpretsNast'swork,exploreshismotivationsandideals,andilluminatesNast'slastinglegacyonAmericanpoliticalculture.
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