- Title :
-
Edith Cavell : martyr or patriot
- Author :
- SPECK, Catherine ;
- Publication year :
-
2001
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Examines the iconography in visual culture (focusing on British and Australian posters, films, and a sculpture) of the British nurse Edith Cavell, executed by the Germans during World War I.tish propaganda, focusing on her role as a civilian woman as opposed to her military and possible espionage work, transformed her from a war casualty and patriot into a martyr. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 9 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Affiche ; Australie ; Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 ; Cinéma ; Culture visuelle ; Espionnage ; Exécution ; Femmes ; Grande-Bretagne ; Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) ; Iconographie ; Infirmières ; Martyre ; Militaires ; Patriotisme ; Propagande ; Sculpture ; 1900-2000 ;
- Descriptors :
- Australia ; Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 ; Espionage ; Executions ; Films ; Great Britain ; Iconography ; Martyrdom ; Military ; Nurses ; Patriotism ; Posters ; Propaganda ; Sculpture ; Visual culture ; Women ; World War (1914-1918) ; 1900-2000 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Australian and New Zealand journal of art, 2001, 2, 1
- INIST identifier :
- 24875096 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 1443-4318 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Art Association of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra
- Publisher country :
- AUSTRALIA ;
