Feminism and Art History Now: Radical Critiques of Theory and Practice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781784533250)

To what extent have developments in global politics, artworld institutions, and local cultures reshaped the critical directions of feminist art historians? The significant new research gathered here engages with the rich inheritance of feminist historiography since around 1970, and considers how to maintain the forcefulness of its critique while addressing contemporary political struggles. Taking on subjects that reflect the museological, global and materialist trajectories of twenty-first-century art historical scholarship, the chapters address the themes of Invisibility, Temporality, Spatiality and Storytelling. They present new research on a diversity of topics that span political movements in Italy, urban gentrification in New York, community art projects in Scotland and Canada's contemporary indigenous culture. Individual chapter analyses focus on the art of Lee Krasner, The Emily Davison Lodge, Zoe Leonard, Martha Rosler, Carla Lonzi and Womanhouse. Together with a synthesising introductory essay, these studies provide readers with a view of feminist art histories of the past, present and future.

Author: Victoria Horne
ISBN-10: 1784533254
ISBN-13: 9781784533250
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2017
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2018