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| Cultural Traits | 1 |
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| Literary History | 1 |
| Metaphors | 1 |
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| Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedProvenzo, Eugene F., Jr. – Teachers College Record, 1984
Educational materials such as textbooks often reflect and define a culture through the use of symbols and metaphors. The use of visual metaphors in frontispieces of reading and spelling texts during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries show the emergence of a patriotic iconography. (DF)
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Illustrations, Literary History, Metaphors
