Erotic Ambiguities - The Female Nude in Art

Informationen zum Autor Helen McDonald is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology at the University of Melbourne. Zusammenfassung Across photography, fashion, painting and performance art, Helen McDonald shows how feminist artists have employed the idea of ambiguity to counter negative images of women and to dismantle the elusive classical ideal enshrined in the nude. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Plates Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Feminism, Ambiguity and the Ideal 2. Revisioning the Female Nude 3. Historical Ambiguity 4. Seeing Ambiguity 5. Gender Ambiguity 6. Making a Difference with Ambiguity 7. Turning Ambiguity Around 8. Hybrid Ambiguities Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Helen Mcdonald
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2000
• EAN: 9780415170994
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17099-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / Criticism & Theory, Humanities, Gender studies, gender groups