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After the Empire: the Francophone World and Postcolonial France Ser.: Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa : Body Talks by Ramona Mielusel (2024, Hardcover)

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Author: Mielusel, Ramona. The author denotes these artistic works as the intersection of the intimate and the impersonal, of the individual perception and the communitarian and societal view, without promoting a fixed notion of the body in a specific spatiality and temporality.

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PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic

ISBN-101666949949

ISBN-139781666949940

eBay Product ID (ePID)19067511034

Product Key Features

Number of Pages166 Pages

Publication NameContemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa : Body Talks

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, General, African

TypeTextbook

AuthorRamona Mielusel

Subject AreaArt, Social Science

SeriesAfter the Empire: the Francophone World and Postcolonial France Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight14.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2024-020073

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsContemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa is a valuable inquiry into the vital forces at the heart of some of the most bold and compelling works in the Maghreb today. Mielusel's focus on the body, and on its multiple forms of symbolic representation, forges productive connections between aesthetics and culture, placing women at the center of a vibrant cultural moment. -- Claudia Esposito, University of Massachusetts, Boston, " Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa is a valuable inquiry into the vital forces at the heart of some of the most bold and compelling works in the Maghreb today. Mielusel's focus on the body, and on its multiple forms of symbolic representation, forges productive connections between aesthetics and culture, placing women at the center of a vibrant cultural moment." --Claudia Esposito, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa is a valuable inquiry into the vital forces at the heart of some of the most bold and compelling works in the Maghreb today. Mielusel's focus on the body, and on its multiple forms of symbolic representation, forges productive connections between aesthetics and culture, placing women at the center of a vibrant cultural moment.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal704.942408261

Table Of ContentChapter 1 Ornate Bodies: Symbolic Markers of the Arab Female Body in Majida Khattari's Photography Chapter 2 The Elusiveness of Arab Women and their Subversive Presence in the Architectural Photographic Space of Lalla Essaydi Chapter 3 Women's Body, Empowerment and "Soft Transgression" in Some of Zoulikha Bouabdellah's artworks Chapter 4 Transgressive Bodies: Exploring the Outlier Identities and Bodies in Déborah Benzaquen's Photography Chapter 5 Liberating the Body in Fatima Mazmouz's photographic work: from the Personal to the Political Chapter 6 Decriminalizing the Body: Art and Nudity against the Hshouma by Zaïnab Fasiki

SynopsisContemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa examines perceptions of the female body as both a subject and an object of aesthetic discourse in the works of six contemporary Maghrebi female artists. The book includes discussions of several artistic mediums including photography, painting, videos, and installations., Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa: Body Talks dissects the diverse perceptions of the body and how it becomes symbolically charged in the artwork of six contemporary Maghrebi female artists: Majida Khattari, Lalla Essaydi, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Déborah Benzaquen, Fatima Mazmouz and Zaïnab Fasiki. With a focus on the French, Maghrebi, and North American market and examining artistic mediums ranging from painting and photography to videos and installations, Ramona Mielusel highlights how the body functions as both subject and object of aesthetic discourse. The author denotes these artistic works as the intersection of the intimate and the impersonal, of the individual perception and the communitarian and societal view, without promoting a fixed notion of the body in a specific spatiality and temporality. This book explores the work of female Maghrebi artists and their intentional framing of the body's duality between the symbolic and the real, between cultural interpretation of the body in literature and the actual perception of the body., Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa: Body Talks dissects the diverse perceptions of the body and how it becomes symbolically charged in the artwork of six contemporary Maghrebi female artists: Majida Khattari, Lalla Essaydi, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Deborah Benzaquen, Fatima Mazmouz and Zainab Fasiki. With a focus on the French, Maghrebi, and North American market and examining artistic mediums ranging from painting and photography to videos and installations, Ramona Mielusel highlights how the body functions as both subject and object of aesthetic discourse. The author denotes these artistic works as the intersection of the intimate and the impersonal, of the individual perception and the communitarian and societal view, without promoting a fixed notion of the body in a specific spatiality and temporality. This book explores the work of female Maghrebi artists and their intentional framing of the body's duality between the symbolic and the real, between cultural interpretation of the body in literature and the actual perception of the body.

LC Classification NumberN72.F45M54 2024