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Routledge WPA Posters in Aesthetic, Social, and Political Context

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This scholarly examination explores the visual legacy of Works Progress Administration posters created between 1935 and 1943 during America's Great Depression. Author Cory Pillen analyses approximately 2,200 extant WPA posters, tracing how these federal relief programme artworks addressed recurring themes including recreation and leisure, conservation efforts, public health concerns, and social housing initiatives. The book demonstrates how these posters functioned as instruments of public messaging, promoting specific forms of knowledge and literacy as solutions to the pressing social issues of the era. Published by Routledge as part of their Research in Art and Politics series, this work provides essential insight into how graphic design served political and social agendas during a transformative period in American history, making it invaluable for students of design history, political art, and New Deal cultural policy.

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Focuses on approximately 2,200 Works Progress Administration posters produced between 1935 and 1943 during the Great Depression.

Examines recurring themes across WPA posters including recreation, leisure, conservation, health, disease, and public housing.

Analyses how WPA posters promoted specific forms of knowledge and literacy as solutions to contemporary social concerns.

Published by Routledge as part of the Research in Art and Politics academic series.

Authored by Cory Pillen with scholarly approach to understanding the aesthetic, social, and political dimensions of WPA graphic design.

Provides comprehensive study of federal relief programme art and its role in shaping public discourse during a critical historical period.

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16 March 2020
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09 November 2019

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