Sex objects : art and the dialectics of desire /
In readings of the "boring parts" of Moby Dick, the role of women in Andy Warhol's films, the scandals surrounding Thomas Eakins, and other unlikely texts, Doyle (English, U. of California, Riverside) challenges simplistic readings of sexualized art. She weaves together anecdotal and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2006.
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| Acquisition Notes: | Gertrud A. White Memorial Fund |
| Summary: | In readings of the "boring parts" of Moby Dick, the role of women in Andy Warhol's films, the scandals surrounding Thomas Eakins, and other unlikely texts, Doyle (English, U. of California, Riverside) challenges simplistic readings of sexualized art. She weaves together anecdotal and personal writing with critical, feminist, and queer theory to re-imagine the relationship between sex and art and to reveal the diversity of sex in art. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0816645264 9780816645268 0816645256 9780816645251 |