Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.
Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.
Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.
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Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/3812
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 125 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: decadence, feminism and "excess" -- Consuming craft, cupcakes, and cocaine: Orly Cogan, Shane Waltener, and Shelley Miller -- Pleasure craft: Nava Lubelski, Mickalene Thomas, and Shary Boyle -- Bad women? Tracey Emin, Ghada Amer and Allyson Mitchell -- "The decaying fabrics of life and...
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Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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...
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Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2017/3812
Record Identifier
74VKVXp8Dm0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXp8Dm0y
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ISBN
9781472569400
DDC
704.042
MMS ID
991024114114402626
