{"product_id":"art-monsters-lauren-elkin-9781250338013","title":"Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Destined to become a new classic . . . Elkin shatters the truisms that have evolved around feminist thought.\" --Chris Kraus, author of\u003ci\u003e I Love Dick\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfter Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat kind of art does a monster make? And what if \u003ci\u003emonster\u003c\/i\u003e is a verb? Noun or a verb, the idea is a dare: to overwhelm limits, to invent our own definitions of beauty.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies, and art, Lauren Elkin--the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eFl穗euse\u003c\/i\u003e--explores the ways in which feminist artists have taken up the challenge of their work and how they not only react against the patriarchy but redefine their own aesthetic aims. How do we tell the truth about our experiences as bodies? What is the language, what are the materials, that we need to transcribe them? And what are the unique questions facing those engaged with female bodies, queer bodies, sick bodies, racialized bodies? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncompassing a rich genealogy of work across the literary and artistic landscape, Elkin makes daring links between disparate points of reference--among them Julia Margaret Cameron's photography, Kara Walker's silhouettes, Vanessa Bell's portraits, Eva Hesse's rope sculptures, Carolee Schneemann's body art, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's trilingual masterpiece \u003ci\u003eDICTEE\u003c\/i\u003e--and steps into the tradition of cultural criticism established by Susan Sontag, H駘鈩e Cixous, and Maggie Nelson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn erudite, potent examination of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political, the ambiguous and the opaque, \u003ci\u003eArt Monsters \u003c\/i\u003eis a radical intervention that forces us to consider how the idea of the art monster might transform the way we imagine--and enact--our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lauren Elkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250338018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250338013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Lauren Elkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634280001791,"sku":"9781250338013","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_762cdb32-07b3-4ef3-a605-596d7ee7e697.jpg?v=1703588485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-monsters-lauren-elkin-9781250338013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}