Seeing and consciousness

Description:

Through its provocative examination of feminist and Marxist approaches to women's art and female representations, this book challenges the widespread belief that Marxism has nothing valuable to contribute to women's studies. The author argues that from the French Revolution through to the present, gender and class have shaped visual imagery. She shows how Marxist theory can function to question some of the premises of feminist art histories and to provide a more accurate understanding of the meaning(s) of visual imagery.

subjects: Art, Modern,  Communism and art,  Feminist art criticism,  Modern Art,  Women in art,  Art, modern, 20th century,  Femmes dans l'art,  Critique d'art féministe,  Communisme et art,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Anthropology,  General