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ISBN-10: 0393542084
ISBN-13: 9780393542080
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 11/16/2021
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.70" W, 0.70" H

Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

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Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster–women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine McCormack illuminates the assumptions behind these stereotypes whether writ large or subtly hidden. She ranges through Western art–think Titian, Botticelli, and Millais–and the image-saturated world of fashion photographs, advertisements, and social media, and boldly counters these depictions by turning to the work of women artists like Morisot, Ringgold, Lacy, and Walker, who offer alternative images for exploring women’s identity, sexuality, race, and power in more complex ways.

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On this grand tour of western visual culture, you couldn't ask for a better guide.–Bridget Quinn, author of Broad Strokes
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393542084
ISBN-13: 9780393542080
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 11/16/2021
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.70" W, 0.70" H
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