1st Edition
Food, Feminism, and Women’s Art in 1970s Southern California
By Emily Elizabeth Goodman
Copyright 2022
192 Pages
21 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
21 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
21 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores how feminist artists continued to engage with kitchen culture and food practices in their work as women’s art moved from the margins to the mainstream.
In particular, this book examines the use of food in the art practices of six women artists and collectives working in Southern California—a hotbed of feminist art in the 1970s—in conjunction with the Women’s Art Movement and... Read more
Introduction Part 1: Labor 1. Cooking: Suzanne Lacy’s Learn Where the Meat Comes From 2. Serving: The Waitresses’ Ready to Order? 3. Nursing: Womanhouse and The Nurturant Kitchen Part 2: Consumption 4. Feeding: Feminist Art Workers’ Heaven or Hell? 5. Eating: Martha Rosler’s Losing: A Conversation with the Parents 6. Being Eaten: Barbara T. Smith’s Ritual Meal Conclusion
Biography
Emily Elizabeth Goodman is Assistant Professor of Art History at Transylvania University.
