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| − | From cool allegory to haughty beauty, images of women have adorned paper money across the world for almost two hundred years. Proud Britannias and crowned monarchs, glamour-girls and cotton-pickers have all been summonedto proclaim the wealth of a bank, the power of a state, or the glory of a nation. Beyond their official role, however, the reveal how female figures on mass-produced objects both reflect and reinforce our conflicting pereceptions | + | From cool allegory to haughty beauty, images of women have adorned paper money across the world for almost two hundred years. Proud Britannias and crowned monarchs, glamour-girls and cotton-pickers have all been summonedto proclaim the wealth of a bank, the power of a state, or the glory of a nation. Beyond their official role, however, the reveal how female figures on mass-produced objects both reflect and reinforce our conflicting pereceptions of women and their place in society.''' |
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Version vom 6. Dezember 2008, 18:12 Uhr
Virginia Hewitt
Beauty and the Banknote
Images of Women on Paper Money
1994
64 Seiten
British Museum Press, London
ISBN 0-7141-0877-4
Das Buch erschien anläßlich einer Ausstellung in British Museum vom 17. Mai bis 18. September 1994.
Aus dem Rückseitentext: From cool allegory to haughty beauty, images of women have adorned paper money across the world for almost two hundred years. Proud Britannias and crowned monarchs, glamour-girls and cotton-pickers have all been summonedto proclaim the wealth of a bank, the power of a state, or the glory of a nation. Beyond their official role, however, the reveal how female figures on mass-produced objects both reflect and reinforce our conflicting pereceptions of women and their place in society.
