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- Title
Unmasking the Paxton Boys: The Material Culture of the Pamphlet War.
- Authors
RIDNER, JUDITH
- Abstract
This essay reexamines the literature and prints of the Paxton Boys' 1764 pamphlet war using material culture as its lens. Specifically, by detailing how writers and illustrators narrated or depicted the physical appearance of those involved in this crisis--including how they dressed, the props they carried, and the things they pursued--this essay analyzes how objects became a visual shorthand with which to embody the ethnic or racial identities of various Pennsylvanians, to critique political opponents, and to persuade audiences. The "pamphlet war" was thus not just a war of words, images, or politics, but also one of material representations.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PAXTON Boys; HISTORY of material culture; GROUP identity; CONESTOGA Massacre, Pa., 1763; FRANKLIN, Benjamin, 1706-1790; SUSQUEHANNOCK (North American people); COLONIAL Pennsylvania, ca. 1600-1775; EIGHTEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016, Vol 14, Issue 2, p348
- ISSN
1543-4273
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/eam.2016.0010