Humbug by Wendy Jean Katz PAPERBACK 9780823285389

Humbug!The Politics of Art Criticism in New York City's Penny Press\nAuthor(s): Wendy Jean Katz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823285389, 978-0823285389\nSynopsis\nOne of Hyperallergic's Top Ten Art Books for 2021\n Approximately 300 daily and weekly newspapers flourished in New York before the Civil War. A majority of these newspapers, even those that proclaimed independence of party, were motivated by political conviction and often local conflicts. Their editors and writers jockeyed for government office and influence. Political infighting and their related maneuvers dominated the popular press, and these political and economic agendas led in turn to exploitation of art and art exhibitions. Humbug traces the relationships, class animosities, gender biases, and racial projections that drove the terms of art criticism, from the emergence of the penny press to the Civil War.\n The inexpensive \""pe.