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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783865003321

Autore

Korsmeyer Carolyn

Titolo

Gender and aesthetics : an introduction / / Carolyn Korsmeyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-50046-7

1-299-14020-3

0-415-26658-0

1-134-50047-5

1-280-02534-4

0-203-64663-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Understanding feminist philosophy

Disciplina

700/.1/03082

Soggetti

Feminism and art

Women in art

Feminist theory

Arts - Philosophy

Féminisme et art

Femmes dans l'art

Théorie féministe

Arts - Philosophie

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Artists and art: a brief history of concepts; Aesthetic pleasures; Amateurs and professionals; Deep gender: taste and food; What is art? (Art is what?); Difficult pleasures: sublimity and disgust; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Feminist approaches to art are extremely influential and widely studied across a variety of disciplines, including art theory, cultural and visual studies, and philosophy. Gender and Aesthetics is an introduction to the major theories and thinkers within art and aesthetics from a philosophical perspective, carefully introducing and examining the role that gender plays in forming ideas about art. It is ideal for anyone



coming to the topic for the first time.   Organised thematically, the book introduces in clear language the most important topics within feminist aesthetics:  * Why were there so