Female Body Image in Contemporary Art : Dieting, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Fatness Hardback
by Emily L. Newman
Part of the Routledge Research in Gender and Art series
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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 has 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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:196 pages, 24 Halftones, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:24/05/2018
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- ISBN:9780415346801
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:196 pages, 24 Halftones, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:24/05/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415346801
