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Amelia (Ed) Jones - The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader - 9780415543705 - V9780415543705
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The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader

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Description for The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader Paperback. Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this title assembles a wide array of writings that address art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media and other visual fields from a feminist perspective. Editor(s): Jones, Amelia. Series: In Sight: Visual Culture. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1278.

Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized over the past forty years. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this second edition of The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader assembles a wide array of writings that address art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media and other visual fields from a feminist perspective.

The essays, 40% of which are new to the second edition, are informed by the authors’ deep attention to historical, geographical, and disciplinary contexts as well as by cutting edge concerns such as globalization, diasporic cultural ... Read more

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader combines classic texts with six specially commissioned pieces, all by leading feminist critics, historians, theorists, artists, and activists. Articles are grouped into thematic sections, each of which is introduced by the editor. Providing a framework within which to understand the shifts in feminist thinking in visual studies, as well as an overview of major feminist theories of the visual, this reader also explores how issues of race, class, nationality, and sexuality enter into debates about feminism in the field of the visual.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
In Sight: Visual Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
700
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415543705
SKU
V9780415543705
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Amelia (Ed) Jones
Amelia Jones is Grierson Chair in Visual Culture in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, Montréal. She has organised exhibitions including Sexual Politics: Judy Chicago's Dinner Party in Feminist Art History at the UCLA/Armand Hammer Art Museum (1996) and has edited other volumes, most notably Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 (2006). Her most recent ... Read more

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'The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader is a useful inspiring reference work.' –Muse

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