Offering an introduction to the main themes and issues that have emerged in the study of the body over recent years, Helen Thomas illustrates the complex...
The representation of the body, and particularly the female body, provides a common thread through the activities of the Surrealists. This work explores...
The first major paperback original books on art in almost two decades, aimed at the general reader and students and reflecting the most recent developments...
This text focuses on the dynamic relation between the body and the arts. Contributors from a variety of disciplines explore this relation across a range...
In late 19th-century France, women and men were seen as the polar opposites of nature and emotion, and reason. This book documents how these notions influenced...
The 'mirror stage' in Lacanian psychoanalytical theory constructs the female body as lacking. However, what happens if you follow Baudrillard's advice...