In the Newspapers columns : The Cleopatra’s Thousand Faces in the American Press (1756–1894)
Year: 2026
Type: other
Abstract: In nineteenth-century America—a nation undergoing profound political, social, racial, and industrial change—Cleopatra became a symbolic mirror for the tensions and fantasies of a young republic. She appeared at once as a figure of female authority, an erotic emblem, a tragic heroine, a literary reference, a satirical device, a subject of racial debate, and an object of feminist praise. Her image was neither anecdotal nor fixed. In the American press, Cleopatra followed the metamorphoses of a collective imagination in motion, nourished by transatlantic Egyptomania, archaeological discoveries, a culture of spectacle, and the rapid expansion of print.
Source: HAL
Author: Vanthournout, Charles
Institution: Centre de Recherche Universitaire Lorrain d’Histoire
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7207091253