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Maternal Bodies in the Visual Arts

by Rosemary Betterton

  • Hardback
  • 375 pages
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • 17 x 24.5 x 2 cm

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Maternal bodies in the visual arts brings images of the maternal and pregnant body into the centre of art historical enquiry. By exploring religious, secular and scientific traditions as well as contemporary art practices, it shows the power of visual imagery in framing our understanding of maternal bodies and affirming or contesting prevailing maternal ideals. This book reassesses these historical models and, in drawing on original case studies, shows how visual practices by artists may offer the means of reconfiguring the maternal. This book will appeal to students, academics and researchers in art history, gender studies and cultural studies, as well as to any readers with interests in the maternal and visual culture. It is based on visual case studies drawn from the UK, USA and Europe, which make it very attractive to an international readership. Maternal bodies in the visual arts is ideally placed to capture a growing post- and undergraduate market in maternal studies, which is beginning to emerge as a field of study in the UK and USA with courses in a wide range of social science and humanities disciplines now including the maternal as a key theme.
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  • Author

    Rosemary Betterton

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Manchester University Press

  • Published

    February 2014

  • Weight

    704g

  • Page Count

    375

  • Dimensions

    17 x 24.5 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780719083488

  • ISBN-10

    0719083486

  • Eden Code

    4579034

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