Gender and Aesthetics: An IntroductionFeminist approaches to art are extremely influential and widely studied across a variety of disciplines, including art theory, cultural and visual studies, and philosophy. Gender and Aesthetics is an introduction to the major theories and thinkers within art and aesthetics from a philosophical perspective, carefully introducing and examining the role that gender plays in forming ideas about art. It is ideal for anyone coming to the topic for the first time.
Each chapter discusses important topics and thinkers within art and examines the role gender plays in our understanding of them. These topics include creativity, genius and the appreciation of art, and thinkers from Plato, Kant, and Hume to Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva. Also included in the book are illustrations from Gaugin and Hogarth to Cindy Sherman and Nancy Spero to clarify and help introduce often difficult concepts. Each chapter concludes with a summary and further reading and there is an extensive annotated bibliography. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
a brief history of concepts | 10 |
2 Aesthetic pleasures | 37 |
3 Amateurs and professionals | 59 |
taste and food | 84 |
5 What is art? Art is what? | 104 |
sublimity and disgust | 130 |
Notes | 155 |
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