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Feminist Visual Activism and the Body

Basia Sliwinska editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:31st Dec '20

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This book examines contemporary feminist visual activism(s) through the lens of embodiment(s). The contributors explore how the arts articulate and engage with the current sense of crisis and political concerns (e.g. equality, decolonisation, social justice, democracy, precarity, vulnerability), negotiated with and through the body.

Drawing upon the legacy of feminist art historical critique, the book scrutinises activist strategies, practices and resilience techniques in intersectional and transnational frameworks. It interrogates how the arts enable the creation of civil and political resilience, become engaged with politics as a response to disaster capitalism and attempt to reform and improve society.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, fine arts, women’s studies, gender studies, feminism and cultural studies.

"This volume is a powerful articulation of what feminist visual activism can and does achieve as a global force. It has spaces, gaps, and occlusions. This is not a problem or a weakness; rather this is the truthfulness and care that Sliwinska and her co-producers assert for this field of research and understanding."

--Woman's Art Journal

ISBN: 9780367278991

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 671g

266 pages