Modern and contemporary women's artistic production of
autobiography frequently occurs at the interfaces of image and
text. The many permutations of words and images in all their modes
of production--photograph, pose, invocation, written narrative,
sculpture, dance, diatribe--create countless possibilities of
expression, and this volume charts some of the ways in which women
artists are seizing these possibilities.
Editors Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson have been at the vanguard of
the study of women's self-representation, and here have collected
leading critics' and scholars' thoughts on artistic fusions of the
visual and autobiographical. Marianne Hirsch, Linda Hutcheon, Linda
Kauffman, Nellie McKay, Marjorie Perloff, Lee Quinby, and the other
contributors offer new insights into the work of such artists as
Laurie Anderson, Judy Chicago, Frida Kahlo, Orlan, and Cindy
Sherman. From a painter's diary to a performance artist's
ritualized enactments of kitchen domesticity, the many narratives
of the self arising from these artists' negotiations of the visual
and textual prove to be goldmines for analysis.
Art historians, artists, critics, literary scholars in women's
studies, and anyone interested in the forms and implications of
depicting the self will enjoy this richly illustrated collection.
Sidonie Smith is Professor of English, University of Michigan.
Julia Watson is Associate Professor of Comparative Studies, The
Ohio State University. They also edited "Reading Autobiography: A
Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives" and "Women, Autobiography,
Theory: A Reader,"
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