The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader

Author: Amelia Jones
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415267052
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 596

Book Description
Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this book assembles writings that address art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media, and other visual fields from a feminist perspective. The book combines classic texts with six newly commissioned pieces. Articles are grouped into thematic sections, each introduced by the editor. Providing a framework within which to understand the shifts in feminist thinking in visual studies, as well as an overview of major feminist theories of the visual, this reader also explores how issues of race, class, nationality, and sexuality enter into debates about feminism in the field of the visual. -- book cover.

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader

Author: Amelia Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 742

Book Description
Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorised and historicised over the past 30 years. This book brings together a wide array of writings, including classic texts and polemical new pieces.

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader

Author: Amelia Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415543699
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader

Author: Amelia Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560

Book Description

With Other Eyes

Author: Lisa Bloom
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816632237
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
With Other Eyes demonstrates how feminist, postcolonial, and antiracist concerns can successfully be incorporated into the study of art.

Feminist Visual Culture

Author: Fiona Carson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113670860X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
Visual culture is all around us: television, dance, film, fashion, painting, sculpture, installation and fine art are only a few of its many faces. Feminist Visual Culture looks at feminist theory, the role of women, and the contribution of women artists to the world of visual culture. This substantial introduction provides an overview of visual culture and of the origins of feminist practice. In the volume's three sections--Fine Art, Design, and Mass Media--the authors discuss the visual media specific to that area, incorporating wider issues such as class, culture, and ethnicity. Each chapter is written by a woman working in a different field of visual culture. A topical and comprehensive introduction, Feminist Visual Culture will be a valuable tool for readers and students in women's studies, visual studies, and media studies.

Jewish Identities in American Feminist Art

Author: Lisa E. Bloom
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113469573X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Featuring sixty-seven illustrations, and providing an important reckoning and visualization of the previously hidden Jewish 'ghosts' within US art, Jewish Identities in American Feminist Art addresses the veiled role of Jewishness in the understanding of feminist art in the United States. From New York city to Southern California, Lisa E. Bloom situates the art practices of Jewish feminist artists from the 1970s to the present in relation to wider cultural and historical issues. Key themes are examined in depth through the work of contemporary Jewish artists including: Eleanor Antin Judy Chicago Deborah Kass Rhonda Lieberman Martha Rosler and many others. Crucial in any study of art, visual studies, women's studies and cultural studies, this is a new and lively exploration into a vital component of US art.

The Visual Culture Reader

Author: Nicholas Mirzoeff
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415252218
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 766

Book Description
This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of The Visual Culture Readerbrings together key writings as well as specially commissioned articles covering a wealth of visual forms including photography, painting, sculpture, fashion, advertising, television, cinema and digital culture. The Readerfeatures an introductory section tracing the development of visual culture studies in response to globalization and digital culture, and articles grouped into thematic sections, each prefaced by an introduction by the editor and conclude with suggestions for further reading.

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader

Author: Amelia Jones
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415267069
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 560

The Nineteenth-century Visual Culture Reader

Author: Vanessa R. Schwartz
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415308663
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
The nineteenth century is central to contemporary discussions of visual culture. This reader brings together key writings on the period, exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising.