Mormon Women and Art

Some of the earliest artistic depictions of Latter-day saint women appear in mid to late 19th century satirical illustrations. Mormon women were commonly portrayed as oppressed by their male counterparts and pawns in Brigham Young's sexual and political exploits. As argued by scholars Davis Bit...

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Main Author: Blythe, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: UtahState University, Merrill-Cazier Library 2020
In: IMW journal of religious studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 102-115
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Summary:Some of the earliest artistic depictions of Latter-day saint women appear in mid to late 19th century satirical illustrations. Mormon women were commonly portrayed as oppressed by their male counterparts and pawns in Brigham Young's sexual and political exploits. As argued by scholars Davis Bitton and Gary L. Bunker in The Mormon Graphic Image, 1834-1914, early anti-Mormon cartoons regularly featured women as battered, destitute, subservient, uncivilized, uneducated, homely, and lascivious. In 1872, these women sought to respond to popular stereotyping by publishing The Woman's Exponent—the first periodical written and published by Mormon women.
ISSN:2155-1723
Contains:Enthalten in: IMW journal of religious studies