Charting over 30 years of debate on the significance of gender in the making and understanding of art, this anthology gathers together 99 representative texts from North America, Europe and Australasia.
Charting over 30 years of debate on the significance of gender in the making and understanding of art, this anthology gathers together 99 representative texts from North America, Europe and Australasia.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Feminism/Art/Theory: Towards a (Political) Historiography.
Using the Book: A Note for Teachers.
Part I: Gender in/of Culture:.
Introduction.
Essential Reading.
1. Valerie Solanas, from Scum Manifesto.
2. Shulamith Firestone, '(Male) Culture' from The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution.
3. Sherry Ortner, 'Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?', Feminist Studies.
4. Carolee Schneemann, 'From Tape no. 2 "Kitch's Last Meal", (Super 8 Film: 1973 74 75-)' (Text Used for 'Interior Scroll' 1975; 1977) Reproduced in More Than Meat Joy: Performance Works and Selected Writings.
5. Faith Wilding, 'Waiting' from Through The Flower by Judy Chicago.
6. Monique Wittig, from: 'The Straight Mind', Feminist Issues.
7. Isabelle Bernier, from 'In the Shadow of Contemporary Art' in Feministe Toi Même, Feministe Quande Même Ed. by Nicole Jolicoeur and Isabelle Bernier (Trans. by S. D. Hassan).
8. Luce Irigaray, from: 'Writing as a Woman': Luce Irigaray Interviewed by Alice Jardine and Anne Menke in Je Tu Nous: Towards a Culture of Difference (Trans. by A Martin).
9. Andrea Blum, et al (Eds.) 'Art' in WAC Stats: The Facts About Women.
Part II: Activism and Institutions:.
Introduction.
Essential Reading.
Challenging Patriarchal Structures:.
10. Women's Ad Hoc Committee/Women Artists in Revolution/WSABAL, 'To the viewing public for the 1970 Whitney Annual exhibition'.
11. Adrian Piper, 'The Triple Negation of Colored Women Artists' in Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic ed. by Devinis Szakacs' Vicki Kopf.
12. Val Walsh, 'Art Conferences: Passification or Politics?', And.
13. Jody Berland, 'Bodies of Theory Bodies of Pain: Some Silences,' Harbour.
Building Feminist Structures:.
14. Betsy Damon, Untitled Statement in Shrine for Everywomen, Artist's Book.
15. W.E.B. (West-East Bag), 'Consciousness-Raising Rules', W.E.B.: West-East Coast Bag.
16. Women's Workshop, 'A Brief History of the Women's Workshop of the Artist's Union 1972-1973'.
17. Heresies Collective, from: 'Minutes: Heresies Collective', Oct 7th.
18. Terry Wolverton, 'Lesbian Art Project', Heresies.
19. Martha Rosler, 'Well, is the Personal Political?', Statement for the Conference Questions on Women's Art, ICA London, 15-16 November 1980.
20. Anne Marsh, 'A Theoretical and Political Context' in Difference: A Radical Approach to Women and Art.
Activism in Practice, Practice of Activism:.
21. Leslie Labowitz-Starus and Suzanne Lacy, 'In Mourning And In Rage...', Frontiers: A Journal of Women.
22. Mierle Laderman Ukeles, 'Touch Sanitation', in Issue ed. by Lucy Lippard.
23. Lucy Lippard, 'Hot Potatoes: Art and Politics in 1980' Block.
24. Marina Warner, from: 'The Front Page (London)' in Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form.
25. La Centrale, Montréal, 'Silence as a Vigil' Parallelogramme.
Education:.
26. Miriam Schapiro, from: 'The Education of Women as Artists: Project Womanhouse', Art Journal.
27. Paula Harper, from: 'The First Feminist Art Program: A View from the 1980s', Signs.
28. Griselda Pollock, from: 'Art Artschool Culture: Individualism after the Death of the Author', Block.
29. Moira Roth, 'Teaching Modern Art History from a Feminist Perspective: Challenging Conventions My Own and Others', Women's Studies Quarterly, Special Issue: Teaching About Women and the Visual Arts.
Censorship:.
30. Aviva Rahmani, 'A Conversation on Censorship With Carolee Schneemann', M/E/A/N/I/N/G.
31. Sarah Milroy 'The Flesh Dress: A Defence', Canadian Art.
32. Anna Douglas, 'Where Do we Draw the Line? An Investigation into the Censorship of Art' in: New Feminist Art Criticism: Critical Strategies ed. Katy Deepwell.
Part III: Historical and Critical Practices:.
Introduction.
Essential Reading.
The Uses of