Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Places revolutionary activism and explicitly political practices at the center of art created by women in the region. . . . The author’s recollection of the abortion rights movement’s activity in Argentina, which successfully won its legalization in the country two years ago, resonates especially strongly as reproductive rights remain under attack." * Hyperallergic *
"A nuanced examination of the way female-identifying artists responded to the social and political movements of the late twentieth century and how their art and performance transformed in relation to diversifying frameworks of feminist thought." * The Latin Americanist *
Table of ContentsContents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction
1. Art and Feminism: Politics of Representation
2. Artists between Activisms: Clemencia Lucena and María Luisa Bemberg—A Comparative Study
3. A Portrait in Absentia: Narcisa Hirsch and Experimental Film in Buenos Aires
4. Feminist Arts in Mexico: Manifestos, Lectures, Exhibitions, and Activisms
5. Archives, Performance, and Resistance: Nelbia Romero and Art from Uruguay under Dictatorship
6. Feel, despite Everything: Paz Errázuriz, Photography, and Dictatorship in Chile
7. Black Art Is Brasil: Rosana Paulino, Archives, and Memory of Slavery
8. Art and Feminism in Argentina Now
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INDEX
