Between union and liberation; women artists in South Africa 1910-1994.0754632407 Between union and liberation; women artists in South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. 1910-1994. Ed. by Marion Marion. 1 City (1990 pop. 14,545), seat of Williamson co., S Ill.; inc. 1841. It is the commercial and retail center of a farm and coal area and has a large soft drink bottling plant. A maximum-security federal prison is nearby. Arnold and Brenda Schmahmann. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 230 pages $99.95 Hardcover N7395 These essays investigate art made by South African women between 1910, the year of the Union, and 1994, the year of the first democratic election. The contributors explore gender theory in relation to 20th-century visual culture and discuss economic conditions and regional geographies Regional geography is a study of regions throughout the world in order to understand or define the unique characteristics of a particular region which consists of natural as well as human elements. as well as notions of identity. They also examine the influence of educational and cultural institutions on art practice, debates about material culture, the power of nationalist ideologies, and the role of feminist theories Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. It encompasses work done in a broad variety of disciplines, prominently including the approaches to women's roles and lives and feminist politics in anthropology and sociology, economics, in a changing country. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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