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...

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1. Verfasser:	Newman, Emily L. 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge research in gender and art
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1990- Körperbild Frau Kunst Essstörung Essstörung > Motiv Körper > Motiv Body image in art Body image in women Women in art / 20th century Women in art / 21st century Reducing diets Eating disorders Self-mutilation in art Obesity
Zusammenfassung:	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 own bodies in their work, and in the act of trying to critique the diet industry, they also often become complicit, as they strive to lose weight themselves. Making art and engaging eating disorder communities (in real life and online) often work to perpetuate the illnesses of themselves or others. A core group of artists have worked to show bodies that are outside the norm, paralleling the rise of fat activism in the 1990s and 2000s. Interwoven throughout this inclusive study are related interdisciplinary concerns including sociology, popular culture, and feminism
Beschreibung:	xi, 196 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780415346801