Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

by Catherine McCormack

Book Overview

Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster--women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine McCormack illuminates the assumptions behind these stereotypes whether writ large or subtly hidden. She ranges through Western art--think Titian, Botticelli, and Millais--and the image-saturated world of fashion photographs, advertisements, and social media, and boldly counters these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393542084
• ISBN13: 9780393542080
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.4"