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Protest on the Page: Essays on Print and the Culture of Dissent Since 1865

By James L. Baughman; Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen; James P. Danky

Book information

Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780299302832, 9780299302849
LCC
PN4888
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2681185 bytes)
Series
The History of Print and Digital Culture
Edition
1
Pages
279\279
Time added
2023-08-14 10:23:40
American.Underground press publications -- United States --

Description

The use of print to challenge prevailing ideas and conventions has a long history in American public life. As dissenters in America sought social change, they used print to document, articulate, and disseminate their ideas to others. Protest always begins on the margins, but print is the medium that allows it to reach a larger audience. In Protest on the Page, scholars in multiple disciplines offer ten original essays that examine protest print culture in America since 1865. They explore the surprising range of dissidents who enlisted print in their causes--from vegetarians and anarchists at the advent of the twentieth century, to midcentury evangelicals and tween comic book readers, to GIs and feminists in the 1970s-80s. Together they demonstrate that print has never been a neutral medium, but rather has been instrumental in shaping the substance of protest and its audiences.

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