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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Dabbs, Julia Kathleen
Titre(s) : May Alcott Nieriker, author and advocate [Texte imprimé] : travel writing and transformation in the late nineteenth century / Julia Dabbs
Publication : London : Anthem press, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-218 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate examines in-depth the writings on art and
travel by the youngest sister of famed novelist Louisa May Alcott. Like other American
women in the later nineteenth century, May was unable to receive the advanced training
and exhibition opportunities in the USA that she needed to become a notable professional
painter due to her gender. An additional obstacle for Alcott Nieriker was her family's
insecure financial status, making it difficult to travel or study abroad for training.
Fortunately, following Louisa's early publishing success, May was able to make three
trips to London and Paris to immerse herself more fully in the art world, and eventually
attained the prestigious honor of having two paintings accepted into the Paris Salon.
However, the book argues that Alcott Nieriker's main contributions to cultural history
were not necessarily her artistic creations, but rather her publications on travel
and art--specifically, four articles for the Boston Evening Transcript and an 1879
guidebook, Studying Art Abroad and How To Do It Cheaply. ; The book examines the art
and travel writings of May Alcott Nieriker from three distinct but interrelated perspectives:
(1) how Alcott Nieriker's writings both relate to and yet stand apart from standard
travel writing of the later nineteenth century; (2) how Alcott Nieriker's travel writings
smartly interweave art criticism and social as well as cultural advocacy, including
her concerns about the lack of access to free museums in the USA; and (3) how Alcott
Nieriker's writings critique the social and cultural norms of the day in respect to
equal opportunity for women artists, and in turn seek to empower women of modest means
to navigate these obstacles and pursue careers as professional artists. In addition,
the book provides more insight in general to the fields of nineteenth-century American
art and art criticism, travel writing, gender studies, and American cultural studies.
; In sum, May Alcott Nieriker's writings, a number of which are republished here for
the first time since the 1870s, deserve further attention and interpretation because
her texts give voice to critical social and cultural concerns of the nineteenth century,
such as gender and class discrimination, that still resonate today
Sujet(s) : Alcott, May (1840-1879)
Récits de voyages
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-78527-864-8 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471282026
Notice n° :
FRBNF47128202
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