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Radical eroticism : women, art, and sex in the 1960s / Rachel Middleman.
Fine Arts Library N8217.E6 M53 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Middleman, Rachel, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schneemann, Carolee, 1939-2019--Criticism and interpretation.
- Schneemann, Carolee.
- Strider, Marjorie--Criticism and interpretation.
- Strider, Marjorie.
- Edelheit, Martha--Criticism and interpretation.
- Edelheit, Martha.
- Wilke, Hannah--Criticism and interpretation.
- Wilke, Hannah.
- Steckel, Anita, 1930-2012--Criticism and interpretation.
- Steckel, Anita.
- Schneemann, Carolee, 1939-2019.
- Erotic art--United States.
- Erotic art.
- Women artists--United States.
- Women artists.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Sex in art.
- Feminism in art.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 265 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Women, art, and sex in the 1960s
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In the 1960s, the fascination with erotic art generated a wave of exhibitions and critical discussion on sexual freedom, visual pleasure, and the nude in contemporary art. Radical Eroticism examines the importance of women's contributions in fundamentally reconfiguring representations of sexuality across several areas of advanced art--performance, pop, postminimalism, and beyond. This study shows that erotic art made by women was integral to the profound changes that took place in American art during the sixties, from the crumbling of modernist aesthetics and the expanding field of art practice to the emergence of the feminist art movement. The works of Carolee Schneemann, Martha Edelheit, Marjorie Strider, Hannah Wilke, and Anita Steckel exemplify the innovative approaches to the erotic that explored female sexual subjectivities and destabilized assumptions about gender. Rachel Middleman reveals these artists' radical interventions in both aesthetic conventions and social norms."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Performing eros : Carolee Schneemann
- Figures of fantasy : Martha Edelheit
- Pop perversions : Marjorie Strider
- Abstract eroticism : Hannah Wilke
- Gender play : Anita Steckel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520294585
- 0520294580
- OCLC:
- 989766374
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