Female body image in contemporary art: dieting, eating disorders, self-harm, and fatness

"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...

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Main Author: Newman, Emily L. 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Edition:First issued in paperback
Series:Routledge research in gender and art
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"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."--Publisher description
Physical Description:xi, 196 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:036751611X
9780367516116

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