The dinner party : Judy Chicago and the power of popular feminism, 1970-2007 / Jane F. Gerhard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerhard, Jane F.

Series:

Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America

Since 1970: Histories of contemporary America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Chicago, Judy, 1939- Dinner party.

Chicago, Judy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Judy Chicago's monumental art installation The Dinner Party was an immediate sensation when it debuted in 1979, and today it is considered the most popular work of art to emerge from the second-wave feminist movement. Jane F. Gerhard examines the piece's popularity to understand how ideas about feminism migrated from activist and intellectual circles into the American mainstream in the last three decades of the twentieth century. More than most social movements, feminism was transmitted and understood through culture-art installations, Ms. Magazine , All in the Family , and thousands of other

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Toward a Cultural History of The Dinner Party; ONE: Making Feminist Artists: The Feminist Art Programs of Fresno and CalArts, 1970-1972; TWO: Making Feminist Art: Womanhouse and the Feminist Art Movement, 1972-1974; THREE: The Studio as a Feminist Space: Practicing Feminism at The Dinner Party, 1975-1979; FOUR: Joining Forces: Making Art and History at The Dinner Party, 1975-1979; FIVE: Going Public: The Dinner Party in San Francisco, 1979; SIX: The Tour That Very Nearly Wasn't: The Dinner Party's Alternative Showings, 1980-1983

SEVEN: Debating Feminist Art: The Dinner Party in Published and Unpublished Commentary, 1979-1989EIGHT: From Controversy to Canonization: The Dinner Party in the Culture Wars, 1990-2007; EPILOGUE: A Prehistory of Postfeminism; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780820345680

0820345687

OCLC:

842264866