Nude and Naked Women in the Arts

Mexico and Beyond

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Nude and Naked Women in the Arts: Mexico and Beyond is a study of female nudity as represented by men and women in Mexico and other parts of the world through analysis of both the high arts and folk arts. Eli Bartra explores the diverse forms of artistic expression and their link to the social construction of female gender. This approach is crucial to understanding how forms of discrimination are created and recreated — sometimes in very apparent ways and other times more subtly — and how they contribute to the perpetuation of gender hierarchies. Eli Bartra examines the assertion of gender differences in artistic creation and the sexist (and at times misogynistic) imagery of nude women as represented by men.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-23
Mått:157 x 238 x 23 mm
Vikt:572 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:298
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:FrancescaGargallo Celentani
ISBN:9781793647443
Översättare:Ellen Jones, Jessie Méndez Sayer, Andrea Knowles, Jessie Mendez Sayer

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Konst: teman och motiv inom Kultur
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Eli Bartra is distinguished professor in women's studies at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico City.

Recensioner i media

Eli Bartra has used her encyclopedic mastery of Mexican art to produce a book of critical and intellectual importance. Nudes and Naked Women in the Arts offers a gendered, feminist analysis of nudes and nakedness in art. Her comments on specific works of art will not only fascinate readers but will also work against over-simplification and over-generalization. Equally important, it puts Mexican artists' use of nudes and nakedness into a conversation with related work in other parts of the globe, and in doing so counters a traditional art criticism that has neglected work from the global south.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter I. On Female Creativity Chapter II. Nudes in the WestChapter III. Visual Arts Populated by Nudes Chapter IV. Nudes in Mexican Art Chapter V. Towards a Feminist Visual Perspective in Mexican ArtsEpilogue. On Similarity and Difference