Published in 2013 (first published 1999)
364 pages
Griselda Pollock is a visual theorist, cultural analyst and scholar of international, postcolonial feminist studies in the visual arts. Based in England, she is well known for her theoretical and methodological innovation, combined with readings of historical and contemporary art, film and cultural theory. She is professor of social and critical histories of art at the University of Leeds.
What is this book about?
In this major book, Griselda Pollock engages boldly in the culture wars over “what is the canon?” and “what difference can feminism make?” Do we simply reject the all-male line-up and satisfy our need for ideal egos with an all women litany of artistic heroines? Or is the question a chance to resist the phallocentric binary and allow the ambiguities and complexities of desire – subjectivity and sexuality – to shape the readings of art that constantly displace the present gender demarcations?
