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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817720503321

Autore

Millett-Gallant Ann <1975->

Titolo

The disabled body in contemporary art / / Ann Millett-Gallant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

ISBN

1-282-99232-5

9786612992322

0-230-10997-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 177 p.)

Disciplina

704.9/42

Soggetti

People with disabilities in art

Art, Modern - 20th century - Themes, motives

Art, Modern - 21st century - Themes, motives

Art and society - History - 20th century

Art and society - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : enabling the image -- Disarming Venus -- Sculpting body ideals -- Performing amputation -- Exceeding the frame -- Conclusion : staring back and forth.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume analyzes the representation of disabled and disfigured bodies in contemporary art and its various contexts, from art history to photography to medical displays to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century freak show.