Who’s In and Who’s Out? War News from Mexico and the Framing of Evil

In Richard Caton Woodville’s 1848 painting, War News from Mexico, eleven figures crowd in and around a portico. Eight white men occupy the same physical plane and respond to word of America’s victory in the Mexican War. Three other figures – black, female, or both – are outside the portico. That the...

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Main Author: Alan Hirsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2023-11-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/15078
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