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The Political Body

Stories on Art, Feminism, and Emancipation in Latin America

Andrea Giunta Jane Brodie

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University of California Press
27 June 2023
How a constellation of Latin American artists explored the body, power, and emancipation—and expanded the meanings of feminist art.

 

In The Political Body, art historian Andrea Giunta explores gender and power in the work of Latin American artists from the 1960s to the present. Questioning the social place of women and proposing alternative understandings of biological bodies, these artists eroded repressive systems and created symbolic strategies of resistance to dictatorships, racism, and marginalization.

 

Giunta presents close readings of works—paintings, films, photography, multimedia art, installations, and performances—by a myriad of artists spanning from Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay to Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. Examining themes of visibility, subjectivity, empathy, and liberation, The Political Body tells the story of an ongoing revolution, providing an active intervention in the history of feminist art in and beyond Latin America.
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Translated by:  
Imprint:   University of California Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   1.043kg
ISBN:   9780520344327
ISBN 10:   0520344324
Series:   Studies on Latin American Art and Latinx Art
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  Introduction  1. Art and Feminism: Politics of Representation 2. Artists between Activisms: Clemencia Lucena and María Luisa Bemberg—A Comparative Study  3. A Portrait in Absentia: Narcisa Hirsch and Experimental Film in Buenos Aires 4. Feminist Arts in Mexico: Manifestos, Lectures, Exhibitions, and Activisms  5. Archives, Performance, and Resistance: Nelbia Romero and Art from Uruguay under Dictatorship 6. Feel, despite Everything: Paz Errázuriz, Photography, and Dictatorship in Chile 7. Black Art Is Brasil: Rosana Paulino, Archives, and Memory of Slavery 8. Art and Feminism in Argentina Now GLOSSARY  BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INDEX  

Andrea Giunta is Professor of Latin American and Modern and Contemporary Art at Buenos Aires University and Principal Researcher at CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council). She was cofounding director of CLAVIS, the Center for Latin American Visual Studies at the University of Texas, Austin. Jane Brodie is a visual artist and translator specializing in the visual arts.  

Reviews for The Political Body: Stories on Art, Feminism, and Emancipation in Latin America

"""Places revolutionary activism and explicitly political practices at the center of art created by women in the region. . . . The author’s recollection of the abortion rights movement’s activity in Argentina, which successfully won its legalization in the country two years ago, resonates especially strongly as reproductive rights remain under attack."" * Hyperallergic *"


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