Title Novelty fair : British visual culture between Chartism and the Great Exhibition / Jo Briggs

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 176 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover; Novelty fair; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Time's question; 1 The 'offensive body': the politics of consumption in 1848; 2 'All that is solid melts into air': representing the Chartist crowd in 1848; 3 'The Gutta Percha Staff': between respectable and risqué satire in 1848; 4 'All that is sacred is profaned': balloons, fairs, ballads and the Great Exhibition; 5 'The Pound and the Shilling': romance and the cash nexus at the Great Exhibition; 6 A 'Chamber of Horrors': class and consumption at mid century; Conclusion: Novelty Fair, burlesquing history Summary Engages with nineteenth-century visual culture in an unusually broad way, juxtaposing photography, fashion, broadside ballads, popular prints and caricature in order to re-examine Victorian society between Chartism and the Great Exhibition Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index Notes Print version record Subject Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Arts -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Social History. Arts Manners and customs Popular culture SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056952 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781784997038 178499703X 9781526109590 152610959X 9781784996413 1784996416

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