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- catalog abstract ""Images of the Irish in political cartoons underwent a gradual but unmistakable change between the 1840s and the turn of the century. Depicted at first as harmless, whiskey-drinking peasants, Irishmen increasingly were represented - especially after the rise of the Fenian movement in the 1860s - as apelike monsters menacing law, order, and middle-class values." "Showing that cartoons in London, Dublin, and New York newspapers tapped into a preexisting "cultural aquifer" of assumptions about race and civilization, L. Perry Curtis, Jr. explores the connections among Victorian images of the Irish, the lore of physiognomy, the debate over evolution, and the art of caricature. The escalating demonization of Paddy, the stereotypical Irish rebel, in such comic weeklies as Punch, Judy, and Fun paralleled the increasingly militant nature of Irish nationalism after the famine of the late 1840s. These harsh caricatures also played into the belief among many educated Victorians that the Irish were a separate race whose inferiority could be seen clearly in their facial features. And the midcentury emergence of Darwin's theories prompted cartoonists to assign to more violent Irish nationalists the role of the half-ape/half-man." "Including American depictions of simianized Irishmen as examples of the first wave of nativism in the United States, Apes and Angels documents the power of caricature in reinforcing cultural stereo-types. First published in 1971, the book now includes a new introduction and two additional chapters that address recent scholarship on ethnic imagery and discuss a contemporary revival of the gorilla-guerilla figure in graphic portrayals of IRA terrorists."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b10278124.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.".
- catalog coverage "Ireland Foreign public opinion, British History 19th century.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""Images of the Irish in political cartoons underwent a gradual but unmistakable change between the 1840s and the turn of the century. Depicted at first as harmless, whiskey-drinking peasants, Irishmen increasingly were represented - especially after the rise of the Fenian movement in the 1860s - as apelike monsters menacing law, order, and middle-class values." "Showing that cartoons in London, Dublin, and New York newspapers tapped into a preexisting "cultural aquifer" of assumptions about race and civilization, L. Perry Curtis, Jr. explores the connections among Victorian images of the Irish, the lore of physiognomy, the debate over evolution, and the art of caricature. The escalating demonization of Paddy, the stereotypical Irish rebel, in such comic weeklies as Punch, Judy, and Fun paralleled the increasingly militant nature of Irish nationalism after the famine of the late 1840s. These harsh caricatures also played into the belief among many educated Victorians that the Irish were a separate race whose inferiority could be seen clearly in their facial features. And the midcentury emergence of Darwin's theories prompted cartoonists to assign to more violent Irish nationalists the role of the half-ape/half-man." "Including American depictions of simianized Irishmen as examples of the first wave of nativism in the United States, Apes and Angels documents the power of caricature in reinforcing cultural stereo-types. First published in 1971, the book now includes a new introduction and two additional chapters that address recent scholarship on ethnic imagery and discuss a contemporary revival of the gorilla-guerilla figure in graphic portrayals of IRA terrorists."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Physiognomy: ancient and modern -- The ethnology of Irish Celts -- Victorian comic art -- Simianizing the Irish Celt -- Irish-American apes -- Irish angels -- Fenian physiognomies -- The cartoonists' context -- Historical revisionism and constructions of Paddy and Pat -- Representations of Irish apes and angels since the 1790s.".
- catalog extent "xxxiv, 211 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Apes and angels.".
- catalog identifier "1560986476 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Apes and angels.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Instition Press,".
- catalog relation "Apes and angels.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Ireland Foreign public opinion, British History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "305.891/62041 20".
- catalog subject "Angels in art.".
- catalog subject "Apes in art.".
- catalog subject "DA925 .C85 1996".
- catalog subject "English wit and humor, Pictorial Themes, motives.".
- catalog subject "Irish Caricatures and cartoons.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, Irish Foreign public opinion, British History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, Irish, in art.".
- catalog subject "Physiognomy Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Prejudices Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Physiognomy: ancient and modern -- The ethnology of Irish Celts -- Victorian comic art -- Simianizing the Irish Celt -- Irish-American apes -- Irish angels -- Fenian physiognomies -- The cartoonists' context -- Historical revisionism and constructions of Paddy and Pat -- Representations of Irish apes and angels since the 1790s.".
- catalog title "Apes and angels : the Irishman in Victorian caricature / L. Perry Curtis, Jr.".
- catalog type "Caricatures and cartoons. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".