Description
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays reveal the centrality of visual media, particularly the poster, within the specific national contexts of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States during World War I. Ultimately, posters were not merely representations of popular understanding of the war, but instruments influencing the reach, meaning, and memory of the war in subtle and pervasive ways.
Trade Review"This is a fine addition to the growing body of literature on this somewhat ephemeral form of graphic communication."—S. Skaggs,
CHOICE"Readers' comprehension of World War I posters will be enriched well beyond their most thorough visual observations."—Barbara Steinson,
Annals of Iowa"Historians of war, politics, gender, culture, art, and literature will all benefit from the insights presented here."—David Welky,
Journal of American History"
Picture This is a powerful edited collection in which the whole adds up to a great deal more than the sum of its parts."—Karen Petrone,
Journal of Military HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Reading World War I Posters
Pearl James
1. Imaginings of War: Posters and the Shadow of the Lost Generation
Jay Winter
Part 1. War Poster Campaigns and Images, Comparative Readings
2. Barbaric Anti-Modernism: Representations of the "Hun" in Britain, North America, Australia, and Beyond
Nicoletta F. Gullace
3. Chivalrous Knights versus Iron Warriors: Representations of the Battle of Matériel and Slaughter in Britain and Germany, 1914–1940
Stefan Goebel
4. Regression versus Progression: Fundamental Differences in German and American Posters of the First World War
Jakub Kazecki and Jason Lieblang
Part 2. Envisioning the Nation and Imagining National Aesthetics
5. Young Blood: Parisian Schoolgirls' Transformation of France's Great War Poster Aesthetic
Mark Levitch
6. Race and Empire in French Posters of the Great War
Richard S. Fogarty
7. Images of Racial Pride: African American Propaganda Posters in the First World War
Jennifer D. Keene
8. Segodniashnii Lubok: Art, War, and National Identity
Andrew M. Nedd
Part 3. Figuring the Body in the Context of War
9. Images of Femininity in American World War I Posters
Pearl James
10. Humanitarians and He-Men: Recruitment Posters and the Masculine Ideal
Meg Albrinck
11. Iconography of Injury: Encountering the Wounded Soldier's Body in American Poster Art and Photography of World War I
John M. Kinder
Epilogue
Jeffrey T. Schnapp
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
