{"product_id":"womens-views-melody-davis-9781611688399","title":"Women's Views: The Narrative Stereograph in Nineteenth-Century America","description":"Few American homes were without a stereoscope in the 1890s. The immersive, three-dimensional experience of stereographs was among the most popular parlor entertainments of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period of more than forty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this remarkable book, Melody Davis analyzes the underexamined genre of narrative stereoviews and their audiences. Because stereoviews were created for and marketed primarily to middle-class women in domestic settings, Davis argues that they represent one of the best sources for addressing the flow of historical change in women's lives. By analyzing dozens of stereoviews--including depictions of gender stereotypes, power dynamics, comical or sentimental situations, and scenes of both serious and playful innuendo--Davis energetically spins a broad history of the real social, sexual, and economic changes in the lives of American women. Her close reading and rich contextualization of these compelling vernacular objects bridge the gaps between the private viewing that took place within the home and the outside world of consumption and power that women were gradually entering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with more than one hundred stereographs and including a three-dimensional viewer, this book will appeal to readers with an interest in U.S. women's history, the history of photography, visual and cultural studies, and American studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melody Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611688396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611688399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Hampshire Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016","brand":"Melody Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979368595711,"sku":"9781611688399","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38ffdffa-7b38-4963-b906-f22f27d9bde7.jpg?v=1683245173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womens-views-melody-davis-9781611688399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}