April F Masten
Biographic Data
| ID | 799827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | April F Masten |
| GIVEN NAMES | April F |
| FAMILY NAME | Masten |
| SIGNATURE | MASTEN A F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Thinking about History
There is pleasure to be had in reading a good work of history for yourself, in underlining those particular phrases, evidences, and insights that speak to you. Deciphering difficult scholarship can be satisfying, even exciting. I enjoy going back to books and articles I read in graduate school and rereading favorite useful parts: Karl Marx on value, E. P. Thompson on class consciousness, Michel Foucault on objects of discourse, Natalie Davis on t…
Shake Hands? Lilly Martin Spencer and the Politics of Art
Shake Hands? Lilly Martin Spencer and the Politics of Art" connects the rise and fall of a female visual artist to the rise and fall of Jacksonian democracy. While other historians have used the biography and art of genre painter Lilly Martin Spencer to complicate the cultural politics of nineteenth-century domesticity, this essay follows the artist from Cincinnati to New York City during the 1840s and 1850s to critique and in part rewrite the mo…
Art, Money, and Cultural Power in America
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women donated their money, collections, and time to promote the creation and appreciation of art in America. They established female-centered networks for the production and marketing of art, supported male-dominated art institutions, and established competitive avant-garde museums. These activities have generally been considered isolated or unique by historians of American art or philanthropy. …
Model into artist
(1992). Model into artist: The changing face of art historical biography. Women's Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 17-41
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Model into artist
(1992). Model into artist: The changing face of art historical biography. Women's Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 17-41
Art, Money, and Cultural Power in America
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women donated their money, collections, and time to promote the creation and appreciation of art in America. They established female-centered networks for the production and marketing of art, supported male-dominated art institutions, and established competitive avant-garde museums. These activities have generally been considered isolated or unique by historians of American art or philanthropy. …
Shake Hands? Lilly Martin Spencer and the Politics of Art
Shake Hands? Lilly Martin Spencer and the Politics of Art" connects the rise and fall of a female visual artist to the rise and fall of Jacksonian democracy. While other historians have used the biography and art of genre painter Lilly Martin Spencer to complicate the cultural politics of nineteenth-century domesticity, this essay follows the artist from Cincinnati to New York City during the 1840s and 1850s to critique and in part rewrite the mo…
Thinking about History
There is pleasure to be had in reading a good work of history for yourself, in underlining those particular phrases, evidences, and insights that speak to you. Deciphering difficult scholarship can be satisfying, even exciting. I enjoy going back to books and articles I read in graduate school and rereading favorite useful parts: Karl Marx on value, E. P. Thompson on class consciousness, Michel Foucault on objects of discourse, Natalie Davis on t…
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