{"product_id":"differencing-the-canon-feminism-and-the-writing-of-arts-histories-re-visions-critical-studies-in-the-history-theory-of-art-9780415067003","title":"Differencing the Canon Feminism and the Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this major book, Griselda Pollock engages boldly in the culture wars over `what is the canon?` and `what difference can feminism make?` Do we simply reject the all-male line-up and satisfy our need for ideal egos with an all women litany of artistic heroines? Or is the question a chance to resist the phallocentric binary and allow the ambiguities and complexities of desire - subjectivity and sexuality - to shape the readings of art that constantly displace the present gender demarcations?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The flow of the book is wondrous, as Pollock buils each new idea onto the next, rounded out with rigorous research.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Millard, ForeWardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'If you like psychoanalytic feminism accompanied by committed, sensitive writing, then you will enjoy this read.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eProfessor Gen Doy, The Art Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface PART I Firing the canon 1 About canons and culture wars 2 Differencing: feminism's encounter with the canon PART II Reading against the grain: reading for ... 3 The ambivalence of the maternal body: re\/drawing Van Gogh 4 Fathers of modern art: mothers of invention: cocking a leg at Toulouse-Lautrec PART III Heroines: setting women in the canon 5 The female hero and the making of a feminist canon: Artemisia 6 Feminist mythologies and missing mothers: Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, Artemisia Gentileschi and Cleopatra 7 Revenge: Lubaina Himid and the making of new narratives for new histories PART IV Who is the other? 8 Some letters on feminism, politics and modern art: when Edgar Degas shared a space with Mary Cassatt at the Suffrage Benefit Exhibition, New York 1915 9 A tale of three women: seeing in the dark, seeing double, at least, with Manet","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018105815383,"sku":"9780415067003","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415067003.jpg?v=1750775650","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/differencing-the-canon-feminism-and-the-writing-of-arts-histories-re-visions-critical-studies-in-the-history-theory-of-art-9780415067003","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}