Research Catalog

Title

Feminism-art-theory : an anthology 1968-2014 / edited by Hilary Robinson.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

Robinson, Hilary, 1956-

Description

xix, 524 pages; 25 cm

Alternative Title

Feminism, art, theory

Subjects

• Feminist art criticism
• Feminism and art
• 1900 - 2099
• Art, Modern > 21st century
• Art, Modern > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Introduction: Feminism-Art-Theory: Towards a (political) historiography -- 1. Overviews. Introduction -- Gender in/of culture. Valerie Solanas, 'Scum Manifesto' (1968); Shulamith Firestone, '(Male) Culture' (1970); Sherry B. Ortner, 'Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?' (1972); Carolee Schneeman, 'From Tape no. 2 for Kitch's Last Meal' (1973) -- Curating Feminisms. Cornelia Butler, 'Art and Feminism: An Ideology of Shifting Criteria' (2007); Xabier Arakistain, 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 86 Steps in 45 Years of Art and Feminism' (2007); Mirjam Western, 'rebelle: Introduction' (2009) -- 2. Activism and Institutions. Introduction -- Challenging patriarchal structures. Women's Ad Hoc Committee/Women Artists in Revolution/WSABAL, 'To the Viewing Public for the 1970 Whitney Annual Exhibition' (1970); Monica Sjöö, 'Art is a Revolutionary Act' (1980); Guerrilla Girls, 'The Advantage of Being a Woman Artist' (1988); Mary Beth Edelson, 'Male Grazing: An Open Letter to Thomas McEvilley' (1989); Lubaina Himid, 'In the Woodpile: Black Women Artists and the Modern Woman' (1990); Jerry Saltz, 'Where the Girls Aren't' (2006); East London Fawcett, 'The Great East London Art Audit' (2013) --
• Towards feminist structures. WEB (West-East Coast Bag), 'Consciousness-Raising Rules' (1972); Women's Workshop, 'A Brief History of the Women's Workshop of the Artists' Union 1972-1973' (c. 1973); Martha Rosler, 'Well is the Personal Political?' (1980); Lucy Lippard, 'Trojan Horses: Activist Art and Power' (1984); Anne Marsh, 'A Theoretical and Political Context' (1985); Xabier Arakistain et al. ARCO Manifesto: 'Politics of Equality between Men and Women in the Art World' (2005); Parliament of Spain, 'Article 26: Equality in Artistic and Intellectual Creation and Production' (2007) -- Activism in practice. Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 'Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 19691' (1969); Leslie Labowitz-Starus and Suzanne Lacy, 'In Mourning and in Rage...' (1978); Zoe Leonard, 'I Want a President' (1992); Andrea Fraser, 'There's No Place like Home' (2012); Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 'Opening Courtroom Statement by Nadya' (2013) -- Education. Miriam Schapiro, 'The Education of Women as Artists: Project Womanhouse' (1972); Lisa Tickner, 'Retrospect' (2008); Griselda Pollock, 'Opened, Closed, and Opening: Reflections of Feminist Pedagogy in a UK University' (2010); Lisa Nyberg and Johanna Guustavsson, 'Radical Pedagogy' (2011)--
• 3. Historical and Critical Practices. Introduction -- Interrogating 'Art History'. Linda Nochlin, 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?' (1971); Griselda Pollock, 'Women Art and Ideology: Questions for Feminist Art Historians' (1983); Mira Schor, 'Patrilineage' (1991) -- Feminist/Writing. Carol Duncan, 'Virility and Domination in Early Twenty Century Vanguard Painting' (1973); Joan Borsa, 'Frida Kahlo: Marginalization and the Critical Female Subject' (1990); Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis, 'In Search of a Discourse and Critique/s that Center the Art of Black Women Artists' (1993); Maureen Connor, 'Working Notes: Conversations with Katy Deepwell' (2002); Martina Pachmanová, 'In? Out? In Between? Some Notes on the Invisibility of a Nascent Eastern European Feminist and Gender Discourse in Contemporary Art Theory' (2009) --
• 4. Materials, Practices, Choices. Introduction -- Aesthetic choice. Judy Chicago, 'Woman as Artist' (1971); Marjorie Kramer, 'Some Thoughts on Feminist Art' (1971); Pat Mainardi, 'A Feminine Sensibility?' (1972); Judith Stein, 'For a Truly Feminist Art' (1972); Anne-Marie Sauzeau-Boetti, 'Negative Capability as Practice in Women's Art' (1979) -- Craft. Rozsika Parker, 'The Creation of Femininity' (1984); Catherine Harper, 'I Need Tracey Emin Like I Need God' (2004); Stephanie Syjuco, 'Anti-Factory' (2008) -- Painting. Katy Deepwell, 'Paint Stripping' (1994); Alison Rowley, 'Plan: Large Woman or Large Canvas? A Confusion of Size with Scale' (1996); Amy Sillman, 'AbEx and Disco Balls: In Defense of Abstract Expressionism II' (2011) -- New Media. Mitra Tabrizian, 'The Blues: An Interview with Mitra Tabrizian Discussing her Latest Work with Alex Noble' (1987); Faith Wilding, 'Where is the Feminism in Cyberfeminism?' (1998); Elisabeth Subrin, 'Trashing "Shulie": Remnants from Some Abandoned Feminist History' (2006); Alla Mitrofanova, 'Cyberfeminism in History, Practice and Theory' (2010); Stéphanie Jeanjean, 'Disobedient Video in the 1970s: Video Production by Women's Collectives' (2011) --
• 5. Representing Women. Introduction -- Between image and representation. John Berger, Chapter 3 of Ways of Seeing (1972); Laura Mulvey, 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' (1975); Mary Kelly, Preface to Post-Partum Document (1983); Judith Williamson, 'Images of "Woman": The Photography of Cindy Sherman' (1983); Elizabeth Grosz, 'Inscriptions and Body-Maps: Representations and the Corporeal' (1990); Lynda Nead, 'Framing the Female Body' (1992); Nelly Richard, 'Politics and Aesthetics of the Sign' (2004) -- The artist's body in the artwork. Lucy Lippard, 'The Pains and Pleasures of Rebirth: European and American Women's Body Art' (1976); Mary Duffy, 'Disability, Differentness, Identity' (1987); VALIE EXPORT, 'Aspects of Feminist Actionism' (1989); Orlan, 'Intervention d'Orlan' (1995); Amelia Jones, 'Yayoi Kusama' (1998) --
• 6. Sex, Sexuality, Image. Introduction -- Sexuality and the sexual body. Barbara Rose, 'Vaginal Iconology (1974); Suzanne Santoro, 'Towards New Expression' (1974); Joanna Frueh, 'Feminism' (1989); Buseje Bailey, 'I Don't Have to Expose my Genitalia' (1993); 'Interview with Betty Tompkins' (2006); Chris Kraus, 'May '69' (2011) -- Lesbian and queer practices. Monique Wittig, 'The Straight Mind' (1980); Jan Zita Grover, 'Framing the Questions: Positive Imaging and Scarcity in Lesbian Photographs' (1991); Shonagh Adelman, 'Desire in the Politics of Representation' (1993); Ridykeulous, 'Advantages of Being a Woman(word lined out) Lesbian Artist' (2006) Zanele Muholi, 'Ngiyopha: A Photo-biographical Project' (2009); Catherine Lord, 'Wonder Waif Meets Super Neuter' (2010) -- 7. Identity, Geography, Citizenship. Introduction -- Projections. Kass Banning, 'The Ties That Bind: Here We Go Again' (1987); Adrian Piper, 'The Triple Negation of Colored Women Artists' (1990); Diane Losche, 'Reinventing the Nude: Fiona Foley's Museology' (1999); Jieun Rhee, 'Performing the Other: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece' (2005) -- Political violence. Jill Bennett, 'Art, Affect, and the "Bad Death": Strategies for Communicating the Sense Memory of Loss' (2002); 'Regina José Galindo', interview by Francisco Goldman (2006); 'Between the Monument and the Ruin', interview with Lida Abdul by Candice Hopkins (2007) -- Global citizens. Tracey Rose, 'The Cant Show' (2007); Tanja Ostojić, 'Crossing Borders Series' (2009); Shirin Neshat, 'Art in Exile' (2010)

ISBN

• 9781118360606
• 1118360605
• 9781118360590
• 1118360591

LCCN

• ^^2014043992
• 40025046317

OCLC

• 896127026
• SCSB-9918733

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library