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Feminist art and the maternal / Andrea Liss.

By: Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2009Description: xxi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780816646227
  • 0816646228
  • 9780816646234
  • 0816646236
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction : thinking (m)otherwise : new bodies of knowledge -- Breaching the taboo -- Intersubjectivities : Mary Kelly's Post-partum document -- Maternal CARE : Mierle Laderman Ukeles's maintenance art -- Mamas out of place -- Making the maternal visible : Renée Cox's family portraits -- Loving in difference : Ngozi Onwurah's mother-daughter reflections -- Interlude : cultural and maternal notes on living through breast cancer -- Maternal mourning : a collaboration between Civia Rosenberg and May Stevens -- In lieu of a conclusion : Maternal passions.
Summary: Feminist motherhood is a surprisingly unexplored subject. In fact, feminism and motherhood have been often thought of as incompatible. Profound, provocative, and innovative, Feminist Art and the Maternal is the first work to critically examine the dilemmas and promises of representing feminist motherhood in contemporary art and visual culture. Andrea Liss skilfully incorporates theory with passionate personal reflections on the maternal, and in doing so she advances a fresh and necessary perspective on both feminism and art.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Gold 704.042 LIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10308

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : thinking (m)otherwise : new bodies of knowledge -- Breaching the taboo -- Intersubjectivities : Mary Kelly's Post-partum document -- Maternal CARE : Mierle Laderman Ukeles's maintenance art -- Mamas out of place -- Making the maternal visible : Renée Cox's family portraits -- Loving in difference : Ngozi Onwurah's mother-daughter reflections -- Interlude : cultural and maternal notes on living through breast cancer -- Maternal mourning : a collaboration between Civia Rosenberg and May Stevens -- In lieu of a conclusion : Maternal passions.

Feminist motherhood is a surprisingly unexplored subject. In fact, feminism and motherhood have been often thought of as incompatible. Profound, provocative, and innovative, Feminist Art and the Maternal is the first work to critically examine the dilemmas and promises of representing feminist motherhood in contemporary art and visual culture. Andrea Liss skilfully incorporates theory with passionate personal reflections on the maternal, and in doing so she advances a fresh and necessary perspective on both feminism and art.