Author: Reckitt, Helena (and) Peggy Phelan
Title: Art and Feminism (Themes and Movements)
Description: London, England, Phaidon Press, 2003. Hardcover. Black boards. 304 pp. Profuse illustrations in color and black and white. "Edited and compiled by Helena Reckitt, this collection presents the experiences, ideas and voices of key practitioners within their original time frame, while also identifying continuing relationships between women artists of different generations. Among the most acclaimed feminist theorists of art and performance, Peggy Phelan re-examines the established histories of women's art in her Survey, opening up new perspectives on shifting relationship between ideas and ideals of feminism and practices of art. The Documents section comprehensively surveys the key critical positions that have informed feminist practice over four decades, including artists' original statement, polemical texts by writers and activists, and landmark essays by critics and cultural commentators." (first flyleaf) Highly illustrated. G (Exlibrary book in excellent condition with few marks; sticker at the base of the spine, stickers on the last page. Missing dust jacket.) .

Keywords: American Art ; Art and Feminism ; Women in Art ; ; General Art - American


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