Female Body Image in Contemporary Art - Dieting, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Fatness (Paperback)

Numerous contemporary artists, particularly female artists, have chosen to examine the idealization of the female body. In this crucial book, Emily L. Newman focuses on a number of key themes including obesity, anorexia, bulimia, dieting, self-harm, and female body image. Many artists utilize their own bodies in their work, and in the act of trying to critique the diet industry, they also often become complicit, as they strive to lose weight themselves. Making art and engaging eating disorder communities (in real life and online) often work to perpetuate the illnesses of themselves or others. A core group of artists has worked to show bodies that are outside the norm, paralleling the rise of fat activism in the 1990s and 2000s. Interwoven throughout this inclusive study are related interdisciplinary concerns including sociology, popular culture, and feminism.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Gender and Art
Release date:	June 2020
First published:	2018
Authors:	Emily L. Newman
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-51611-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > Women's health Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-51611-X
Barcode:	9780367516116

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