娱乐化与故事化——美国便士报的革命与纽约垃圾箱画派

Entertainment and Story: Ashcan School and the Revolution of the Penny Press

19世纪末20世纪初,便士报成为美国发行量最大的报纸。便士报的娱乐性和消费价值使得报刊插图成为报纸的重要内容。垃圾箱画派画家作为便士报的插图作者为读者呈现出一幅光彩夺目、永无止境的都市生活画卷。便士报对城市日常生活的关注,使垃圾箱画派画家的视角区别于城市精英和媒体记者,他们将目光聚焦于工人阶级和移民,展现了纽约城市公共空间的变迁与女性消费群体的崛起。

The Penny Press had the highest circulation in the United States in the late 19th Century and the early 20th Century, and its entertaining nature and consumption value made illustrations an important part of the Press. Artists of the Ashcan School, who were illustrators of the newspaper, provided readers with a splendid, vibrant urban life. As the Penny Press focused on daily lives in cities, the Ashcan School depicted the working class and immigrants, rather than elites and reporters, and demonstrated changes of public space in New York and the rise of female as consumers.