{"product_id":"sexually-explicit-art-feminist-theory-and-gender-in-the-1970s-by-christian-liclair-9781032126593","title":"Sexually Explicit Art, Feminist Theory, and Gender in the 1970s","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStructured around sexual desire as the central analytical category, this monograph systematically approaches a heterogeneous array of artworks to purposefully examine the entanglements of art, feminist theory, gender, and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSexually Explicit Art, Feminist Theory, and Gender in the 1970s\u003c\/em\u003e considers the potential of sexually explicit art to challenge a socially constructed conception of sexuality as well as gender. It explores the sexually explicit as a means to (re-)claim agency for marginalised subjectivities and to emancipate desire from within the patriarchal and heteronormative system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn distinct case studies, the author focuses on works by four US-American artists – Robert Mapplethorpe, Joan Semmel, Betty Tompkins, and Tee A. Corinne – and situates them in relation to contemporaneous debates associated with the insurgent Sexual Liberation Movements of the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, and gender and sexuality studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607633477868,"sku":"9781032126593","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781032126593-sexually-explicit-art-feminist-theory-and-gender-in-the-1970s.jpg?v=1778171606","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sexually-explicit-art-feminist-theory-and-gender-in-the-1970s-by-christian-liclair-9781032126593","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}