{"product_id":"women-making-art-9781433153907","title":"Women Making Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important interdisciplinary book is a unique and timely contribution to the field of women in the arts. Each chapter is devoted to a single artist and a single ground-breaking work that altered the course of its art form in a full array of genres, including dance, music, installation, photography, architecture, poetry, literature, theater, film, performance art, and popular culture. These discussions are preceded by a comprehensive introduction to art by women over the past century that sets the artists who follow in a context that insightfully illuminates their struggles, their achievements, and their places in history at a critical moment in the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this second edition, the authors have made a significant update with six new chapters, new photos, and a revised introduction. The new chapters take as their subjects the contributions of Yoko Ono, Crystal Pite, Caroline Shaw, Beyoncé, Kara Walker, and Diane Paulus. Each of the new chapters represen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations – Preface – Acknowledgements – Deborah J. Johnson\/Wendy Oliver: Introduction – Deborah J. Johnson: The Political Dialogic of Yoko Ono’s \u003ci\u003eCut Piece\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) – Wendy Oliver: Disappearing Act: Yvonne Rainer, \u003ci\u003eTrio A\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Feminist Dilemma (1966) – Annie Perkins: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks (1970s–’80s) – Deborah J. Johnson: The Secularization of the Sacred: Judy Chicago’s \u003ci\u003eDinner Party \u003c\/i\u003eand Feminist Spirituality (1974–79) – Maura Reilly: Cindy Sherman’s \u003ci\u003eUntitled Film Stills\u003c\/i\u003e: Reproductive or Transgressive Mimicry? (1977–81) – Loretta Lorance: Zaha Hadid: The \u003ci\u003ePeak Club\u003c\/i\u003e Competition and the Politics of Architecture (1982) – Phillipa Kafka: Erecting a Statue of an Unknown Goddess in Amy Tan’s \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen God’s Wife \u003c\/i\u003e(1991) – Denise Bauer: Jane Campion’s \u003ci\u003eThe Piano\u003c\/i\u003e: A Feminist Tale of Resistance (1993) – Sarah Lansdale Stevenson: Yielding to Multiplicity: The Kaleidoscopic Subject of Paula Vogel’s \u003ci\u003eHow I Learned to Drive \u003c\/i\u003e(1997) – Wendy Oliver: Crystal Pite’s \u003ci\u003eEmergence\u003c\/i\u003e: Hierarchy, Swarm Intelligence, and Contemporary Ballet (2009) – Christina L. Reitz: A Firm Foundation: Formal Tradition in Caroline Shaw’s \u003ci\u003ePartita for 8 Voices\u003c\/i\u003e (2009–2012) – Deborah J. Johnson: \u003ci\u003eBeygency\u003c\/i\u003e: Power, Sex, and Subjectivity in the Feminist Politics of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (2013) – Rebecca Peabody: Ephemeral Monumentality and the Art of the Future: Kara Walker’s \u003ci\u003eA Subtlety \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) – Jennifer Madden: Having Her Pie and Eating It Too: \u003ci\u003eWaitress\u003c\/i\u003e and the Popular Art of Diane Paulus (2016) – Contributors – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039633277271,"sku":"9781433153907","price":33.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433153907.jpg?v=1750944325","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-making-art-9781433153907","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}