HUMAN 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Binoculars

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMAN 1B
• Professor: Carol Burke

Document Summary

To give terrible loss cultural meaning, at both the personal and societal level. Especially true in a home front war, in which support from the civilian population required. Celebrated the heart of the home at the center of the life. A place that men and women should be making things. Describes a new set of rules for middle, white class men. Home would serve as a sanctuary; beyond the corrupting reach of the mercenary. Emphasizes tight links between home front and battle front. The husband is looking at photographs of his wife and child. Connected with each other by facing each other. Middle: grave soldiers with a dark shadow in between the circles lead to a light of heaven that these men deserve. Pair of binoculars that viewers can view into. Antietam was a turning point in the cultural point in war. Photography was a new practice that provided a new thinking about war.