The feminist uncanny in theory and art practice / Alexandra M. Kokoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kokoli, Alexandra M., author.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and art.

Feminism and the arts.

Feminist theory.

Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice investigates the widely debated, deeply flawed yet influential concept of the uncanny through the lens of feminist theory and contemporary art practice. Not merely a subversive strategy but a cipher of the fraught but fertile dialogue between feminism and psychoanalysis, the uncanny makes an ideal vehicle for an arrangement marked by ambivalence and acts as a constant reminder that feminism and psychoanalysis are never quite at home with one another. The Feminist Uncanny begins by charting the uncanniness of femininity in foundational psychoanalytic texts by Ernst Jentsch, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan and Mladen Dolar, and contextually introduces a range of feminist responses and appropriations by Hélène Cixous, Julia Kristeva and Sarah Kofman, among others. The book also offers thematically organised interpretations of famous artworks and practices informed by feminism, including Judy Chicago's Dinner Party, Faith Ringgold's story quilts and Susan Hiller's 'paraconceptualism', as well as less well-known practice, such as the Women's Postal Art Even (Feministo) and the photomontages of Maud Sulter. Dead (lexicalised) metaphors, unhomely domesticity, identity and (dis)identification, and the tension between family stories and art's histories are examined in and from the perspective of different artistic and critical practices, illustrating different aspects of the feminist uncanny. Through a 'partisan' yet comprehensive critical review of the fascinating concept of the uncanny, The Feminist Uncanny in Theory and Art Practice proposes a new concept, the feminist uncanny, which it upholds as one of the most enduring legacies of the Women's Liberation Movement in contemporary art theory and practice."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: Why Witches?

Part 1 ('Theory'). Chapter 1: The Uncanny Feminine ; Chapter 2: The Feminist Uncanny

Part 2 ('Practice'). Chapter 3: 'Moving Sideways' and Other Dead Metaphors: Susan Hiller's Paraconceptualism ; Chapter 4: Squats and Evictions: The Uncanny as Unhomely ; Chapter 5: Dinner Parties: Eating Out, Coming Together ; Chapter 6: Legions ('For we are many') ; Chapter 7: Family Albums: World Making as Compensation ; Postscript A: The Academic One ; Postscript B: The Melancholic One

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781474219082

147421908X

9781472505583

1472505581

OCLC:

1167239332