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Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.

Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist tex...

Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.

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Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.

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Full title

Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.

Author / Creator

Publisher

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Call Numbers

G 2017/3812

Record Identifier

74VKVXp8Dm0y

MMS ID

991024114114402626

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...

Publication information

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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Full title

Radical decadence : excess in contemporary feminist textiles and craft / Julia Skelly.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2017

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Primary Identifiers

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

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