Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
Introduction : thinking (m)otherwise : new bodies of knowledge -- Breaching the taboo -- Intersubjectivities : Mary Kelly's Post-partum document -- Maternal CARE : Mierle Laderman Ukeles's maintenance art -- Mamas out of place -- Making the maternal visible : Renée Cox's family portraits -- Loving in difference : Ngozi Onwurah's mother-daughter reflections -- Interlude : cultural and maternal notes on living through breast cancer -- Maternal mourning : a collaboration between Civia Rosenberg and May Stevens -- In lieu of a conclusion : Maternal passions.
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Feminist motherhood is a surprisingly unexplored subject. In fact, feminism and motherhood have been often thought of as incompatible. Profound, provocative, and innovative, Feminist Art and the Maternal is the first work to critically examine the dilemmas and promises of representing feminist motherhood in contemporary art and visual culture. Andrea Liss skillfully incorporates theory with passionate personal reflections on the maternal, and in doing so she advances a fresh and necessary perspective on both feminism and art. Offering new research on works by well-known and emerging artists wh.