Routledge Research in Gender and Art
About the Book Series
Routledge Research in Gender and Art is a new series in art history and visual studies, focusing on gender, sexuality, and feminism. Proposals for monographs and edited collections on this topic are welcomed.
Feminist Visual Activism and the Body
1st Edition
Edited
By Basia Sliwinska
August 01, 2022
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), ...
Feminist Subjectivities in Fiber Art and Craft: Shadows of Affect
1st Edition
By John Corso-Esquivel
March 31, 2021
This book interprets the fiber art and craft-inspired sculpture by eight US and Latin American women artists whose works incite embodied affective experience. Grounded in the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, John Corso-Esquivel posits craft as a material act of intuition. The book ...
Virgin Sacrifice in Classical Art: Women, Agency, and the Trojan War
1st Edition
By Anthony F. Mangieri
March 31, 2021
The Trojan War begins and ends with the sacrifice of a virgin princess. The gruesome killing of a woman must have captivated ancient people because the myth of the sacrificial virgin resonates powerfully in the arts of ancient Greece and Rome. Most scholars agree that the Greeks and Romans did not ...
Emma Hamilton and Late Eighteenth-Century European Art: Agency, Performance, and Representation
1st Edition
By Ersy Contogouris
June 30, 2020
This book offers a renewed look at Emma Hamilton, the eighteenth-century celebrity who was depicted by many major artists, including Angelica Kauffman, George Romney, and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun. Adopting an art historical and feminist lens, Ersy Contogouris analyzes works of art in which Hamilton ...
Female Body Image in Contemporary Art: Dieting, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Fatness
1st Edition
By Emily L. Newman
June 30, 2020
Numerous contemporary artists, particularly female artists, have chosen to examine the idealization of the female body. In this crucial book, Emily L. Newman focuses on a number of key themes including obesity, anorexia, bulimia, dieting, self-harm, and female body image. Many artists utilize their...