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Being and Becoming Visible:

Women, Performance, and Visual Culture

ISBN-13: 9780801894947
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edited by Olga M. Mesropova, Edited by Stacey Weber-Feve
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Local release date: 14/11/2010
Format: Hardback 288 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]

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Spanning geographical, cultural, and methodological boundaries, the essays in Being and Becoming Visible examine female representation in a variety of performative and visual media. Olga M. Mesropova and Stacey WeberFève situate the disciplines of visual culture and performance studies within two conceptual frameworks -- multicultural and feminist -- through the overarching thematic trope of visibility.The contributors offer a mix of sociohistorical, ethnographic, ideological, postcolonial, and cultural approaches to the study of female representation in performance, visual, and consumer cultures. They examine curatorship, mythological representation of women, the interrelationship of mother and child, domestic gender roles, domestic abuse, and indigenous female representation. The volume includes case studies related to such diverse genres and media as theater, cinema, painting, television, performance activism, and photography from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Instructors in feminist, cultural, and media studies who are looking for global perspectives will find that this fresh and provocative volume encourages students to see new connections among a variety of trends in contemporary scholarship.''Being and Becoming Visible is a remarkable compilation of previously published articles that examine female representation from feminist perspectives in a variety of performative and visual media across geographical and disciplinary boundaries. The collection is a valuable text for use in courses that focus on visual culture, representation, gender identity, and the media.'' -- Jill Bystydzienski, The Ohio State University

""Highly recommended.""

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Being and Becoming Visible:

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