{"product_id":"iconic-works-of-art-by-feminists-and-gender-activists-9780367707446","title":"Iconic Works of Art by Feminists and Gender","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, contributors identify and explore a range of iconic works â Mistress-Pieces â that have been made by feminists and gender activists since the 1970s. The first volume for which the defining of iconic feminist art is the raison dâÃtre, its contributors interpret a Mistress-Piece as a work that has proved influential in a particular context because of its distinctiveness and relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReinterpreting iconic art by Alice Neel, Hannah Wilke and Ana Mendieta, the authors also offer important insights about works that may be less well known â those by Natalia LL, Tanja OstojiÄ, Swoon, Clara MenÃres, Diane Victor, Usha Seejarim, Ilse FuskovÃ, Phaptawan Suwannakudt âand Tracey Moffatt, among others. While in some instances revealing cross influences between artists working in different frameworks, the publication simultaneously makes evident how social and political factors specific to particular countries had significant impact on the making and reception of art focused \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrenda Schmahmann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Reconfiguring Domestic Life \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Aesthetic Labour of Protest, Now and Then: The Women’s Peace Camp at Greenham Common (1981-2000)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Kokoli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\"Middle fingers up, put them hands high\": Rethinking Tracey Moffatt’s \u003ci\u003eScarred for Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1994)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacqueline Millner and Catriona Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Bodies, Borders, and Law: Tanja Ostojić’s \u003ci\u003eLooking for a Husband with EU Passport \u003c\/i\u003e(2000-05)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilary Robinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Household Matters: Usha Seejarim’s \u003ci\u003eVenus at Home\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and the Politics of Women’s Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrenda Schmahmann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Critiquing Gender Violence and Abuse \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Hannah Wilke’s \u003ci\u003eS.O.S. Starification Object Series\u003c\/i\u003e (1974-82) in the Era of #MeToo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarissa Vigneault\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Private Trauma, Public Healing: Hannan Abu Hussein’s \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Series\u003c\/i\u003e (begun 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTal Dekel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Transgressive Martyrs in Diane Victor’s \u003ci\u003eWise and Foolish Virgins\u003c\/i\u003e (2008)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren von Veh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Swoon’s \u003ci\u003eMedea \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) as a Feminist Intervention: Re-producing the Maternal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula J. Birnbaum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Great Goddess Iconographies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Ana Mendieta’s\u003ci\u003e Silueta \u003c\/i\u003eSeries (1973-80): In and Out of Feminism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherry Buckberrough \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Clara Menéres’ \u003ci\u003eWoman-Earth-Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1977) and the Politics of Censorship, Concealment and Vandalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Castro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. The Female Body and Spirituality in Ilse Fusková’s \u003ci\u003eEl Zapallo \u003c\/i\u003e(1982) Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaría Laura Rosa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Body Politics \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Who is Afraid of Natalia LL? \u003ci\u003eConsumer Art\u003c\/i\u003e (1972-75) and the Pleasures and Dangers of Feminist Art in Communist Poland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanna Inglot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. An Icon for the Aged: Alice Neel’s \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e (1980)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePamela Allara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Phaptawan Suwannakudt’s \u003ci\u003eAkojorn\u003c\/i\u003e (1995): Connecting Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvonne Low\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Into the grave and back: Psychosomatic passage through grief in Lindi Arbi’s \u003ci\u003eUnearthed\u003c\/i\u003e (2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrene Bronner\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401895616855,"sku":"9780367707446","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/iconic-works-of-art-by-feminists-and-gender-activists-9780367707446","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}