Description
| Product ID: | 9780367748135 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies |
| Title: | The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art |
| Authors: | Author: Leisa Rundquist |
| Page Count: | 126 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, History of art, Individual artists, art monographs, Regional / International studies, Social and ethical issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies: men and boys, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, Regional studies, Social issues & processes, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: men, Ethnic studies, Sociology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is the first to examine Henry Darger’s conceptual and visual representation of "girls" and girlhood. This book is the first to examine Henry Darger’s conceptual and visual representation of “girls” and girlhood. Specifically, Leisa Rundquist charts the artist’s use of little girl imagery—his direct appropriations from mainstream sources as well as girls modified to meet his needs—in contexts that many scholars have read as puerile and psychologically disturbed. Consequently, this inquiry qualifies the intersexed aspects of Darger’s protagonists as well as addresses their inherent cute and little associations that signal multivocal meanings often in conflict with each other. Rundquist engages Darger’s art through thematic analyses of the artist’s writings, mature works, collages, and ephemeral materials. This book will be of particular interest to scholars in art history, art and gender studies, sociology, and contemporary art. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-01-09 |