][NEWS] Five JSTOR Daily links: opium, butter, William Bourgereau, Alice Guy-Blaché, witches’ marks
- JSTOR Daily considers how using opium ending up becoming a moral issue.
- JSTOR Daily notes how the enterprise of women helped make butter a major industry in the 19th century.
- JSTOR Daily examines how the public display, in New York City in 1873, of the painting Nymphs and Satyrs by William Bourgereau challenged the city’s culture.
- JSTOR Daily explains how, and why, pioneering French director Alice Guy-Blaché was denied a career in Hollywood.
- JSTOR Daily explains the uses of witches’ marks, to protect spaces from the malign.
Written by Randy McDonald
March 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences
Tagged with agriculture, alice guy-blaché, anthropology, butter, drugs, economics, feminism, france, gender, health, history, links, new york city, news, opium, popular culture, public art, william bourgereau, witchcraft