Format:
1 Online-Ressource (192 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Previously issued in print: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Digital resource published 2019
ISBN:
9781474284981
Content:
Introduction: Decadence, Feminism and "Excess" -- Chapter 1: Consuming Craft, Cupcakes and Cocaine: Orly Cogan, Shane Waltener and Shelley Miller -- Chapter 2: Pleasure Craft: Nava Lubelski, Mickalene Thomas and Shary Boyle -- Chapter 3: Bad Women?: Tracey Emin, Ghada Amer and Allyson Mitchell -- Chapter 4: "The Decaying Fabrics of Life and Death": Rozanne Hawksley's Textile Art -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
"This pioneering book explores the notion of 'radical decadence' as concept, aesthetic and lived experience, and as an analytical framework for the study of contemporary feminist textile art. Gendered discourses of decadence that perpetuate anxieties about women's power, consumption and pleasure are deconstructed through images of drug use, female sexuality and 'excessive' living, in artworks by several contemporary textile artists including Orly Cogan, Tracey Emin, Allyson Mitchell, and Rozanne Hawksley. Perceptions of decadence are invariably bound to the negative connotations of decay and degradation, particularly with regard to the transgression of social norms related to femininity and the female body. Excessive consumption by women has historically been represented as grotesque, and until now, women's pleasure in relation to drug and alcohol use has largely gone unexamined in feminist art history and craft studies. Here, representations of female consumption, from cupcakes to alcohol and cocaine, are opened up for critical discussion. Drawing on feminist and queer theories, Julia Skelly considers portrayals of 'bad girls' in artworks that explore female sexuality - performative pieces designed to subvert and exceed feminine roles. In this provocative book, decadence is understood not as a destructive force but as a liberating aesthetic"--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Previously issued in print: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Digital resource published 2019.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472569400
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472569417
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472569431
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472569424
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472569400
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Skelly, Julia Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 ISBN 9781472569400
Language:
Undetermined
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.5040/9781474284981
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