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'''Continued from:''' [[2: The Man-Monster Lithograph]]

=Ten Questions for Viewers of The Man-Monster Exhibit=
:The goal of these questions is to help viewers locate the Man-Monster print in context of its time.


===(1) How does the Man Monster print visually characterize a black woman?===



===(2) Does the caption of "Man Monster" contradict the visualization of Sewally/Jones in the print?===



===(3) How does this print's representation of a black woman compare with other images of black women in American popular culture of the 19th century?===
:Consider images from print culture, sentimental fiction, and the minstrel stage?  Here are a couple of examples:


[ADD TWO PRINTS OF BLACK FACE PERFORMERS]

(left) Minstrel show performers Rollin Howard (in wench costume) and George Griffin, c. 1855.


(right) E.W. Clay, from ''Life in Philadelphia'' series, 1829


===(4) How expensive was this print, and what class of people would be expected to buy it?===


===(5) What might a buyer of this print like about it?===


===(6) What does the history of this print's maker and publisher tell us about the character of his print?=== 


===(7) How might we think about the Man-Monster print in relation to the sexually suggestive Helen Jewett print produced by the same printer?===
:None of this printer's pornographic prints are known to exist.


===(8) How might the Man-Monster print relate to 19th century men’s interest in and anxiety about independent women, female sex workers, and sapphic desire?===


===(9) Does this image provide insight into the history of transgendered bodies and identities?===


===(10) Can you think of other questions that can help us understand this image?===
:If so, we'd all love to hear them. Please leave your answers, thoughts, and comments in the Comment box on OutHistory.org below.


=Next: [[4: The Man-Monster's Legacy]]=
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