Renegotiating the Body : Feminist Art in 1970s London.

What makes art 'feminist art'? Although feminist artists do have a unique aesthetic, there can be no essential feminist aesthetic, argues Kathy Battista in this exciting new art history. Domesticity, the body, its traces and sexuality have become prominent themes in contemporary feminist p...

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Main Author: Battista, Kathy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
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