Contemporary Feminist Art By Women in North Africa - Body Talks

Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa examines perceptions of the female body as both a subject and an object of aesthetic discourse in the works of six contemporary Maghrebi female artists. The book includes discussions of several artistic mediums including photography, painting, videos, and installations.

Sommario

Chapter 1
Ornate Bodies: Symbolic Markers of the Arab Female Body in Majida Khattari's Photography
Chapter 2
The Elusiveness of Arab Women and their Subversive Presence in the Architectural Photographic Space of Lalla Essaydi
Chapter 3
Women's Body, Empowerment and "Soft Transgression" in Some of Zoulikha Bouabdellah's artworks
Chapter 4
Transgressive Bodies: Exploring the Outlier Identities and Bodies in Déborah Benzaquen's Photography
Chapter 5
Liberating the Body in Fatima Mazmouz's photographic work: from the Personal to the Political
Chapter 6
Decriminalizing the Body: Art and Nudity against the Hshouma by Zaïnab Fasiki

Info autore

By Ramona Mielusel

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ramona Mielusel
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.08.2024
• EAN: 9781666949940
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-994-0
• Pagine: 166
• Serie: After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; ART / History / General, HISTORY / Africa / North, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, ART / African, ART / Women Artists, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Feminism & feminist theory, African History, North Africa, Feminism and feminist theory