Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Why Women’S Art? An Introduction 1
5. The (In)Visibility Of The Female Body In An Art Tradition: A Historical Framework 16
6. Part I. Gendering Of Historiography
7. 1. Reimagining Women’S History And Gendering Historiography 33
8. 2. The Pregnant Nude And Photographic Representation 49
9. Part II. Gendering Of Sexuality
10. 3. The Sexual Subject: Sexing The Body, Reversing The Gaze 69
11. 4. The Body In Abstraction: The World Of Flowers And Crafts 87
12. Part III. Gendering Of Pain
13. 5. Performing The Body, Expressing Pain 109
14. 6. Ephemeral Bodies: Object Choice And Material Practice 128
15. Part IV. Gendering Of Space
16. 7. From Ruin Aesthetics To Urban Narratives 149
17. 8. Cyborg Bodies: Transgression Across The Real And The Virtual 170
18. Postscript. An Impossible Closure: Gender Beyond The Body 191
19. Notes 207
20. Bibliography 235
21. Index 249