Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies by Catherine McCormack

Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

Catherine McCormack

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism informative reflective medium-paced
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Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives.Cultural archetypes have long been used to subjugate women, binding them within the restrictive roles of Venus, bride, wife, ...

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