Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this title assembles a wide array of writings that address art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media and other visual fields from a feminist perspective.

A critical analysis of postmodernism in the visual arts since the 1960s, this focuses primarily on American texts that reference and construct Marcel Duchamp as the originator of postmodern art.

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader brings together a wide array of writings addressing art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media and other visual fields from a feminist perspective, combining classic texts by leading feminist thinkers with polemical new pieces.

* Features a grand survey of the historical, social, and aesthetic issues relevant to the development of contemporary art since 1945. * Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field.

* Features a grand survey of the historical, social, and aesthetic issues relevant to the development of contemporary art since 1945. * Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field.

Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this title assembles a wide array of writings that address art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media and other visual fields from a feminist perspective.

Interviews, documents, and over 250 images of performance, painting, photography, sculpture, and installation bring together the largely untold story of the Artist's body. An influential movement that continues to provoke, Amelia Jones, provides an excellent survey, fascinating for art fans and general readers alike.

Performing the Body/Performing the Text explores the new performativity in art theory and practice, examining ways of rethinking processess in visual culture.

Including over 100 illustrations from mainstream film to independent film, video art, performance and the visual arts, this book explores how technology has affected artist's abilities and forms to express themselves. It makes a companion to studies of contemporary art history, and media and cultural studies in the post-1960 period.

Bringing together contributors from dance, theatre, visual studies, and art history, this title addresses the conundrum of how live art is positioned within history.