Frogs, monkeys and women : a history of identifications across a phantastic body

Author

Dawkins, Heather

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Dealing with Degas : representations of women and the politics of vision

Author (monograph)

Kendall, Richard (Editor, Collective Author); Pollock, Griselda (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Dealing with Degas : representations of women and the politics of vision. 1992, 202-217, 5 ill. (1 col.)

Publisher

HarperCollins, London (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Reviews recent texts on Degas's pastels of women bathing which reflect the gender-specific problems of looking. Provides a psychoanalytic argument that Degas's working practices and studies of limbs and muscles under stress register a psychic projection, and one based on conflicts of class, gender and sexuality. Provides a close reading of a text written in 1919 by Alice Michel, one of Degas's models, which challenges the masculinist literature on the artist.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
• Michel, Alice, act.1919
• Models (human figures)
• Art history
• Women
• France
• Gaze [nonverbal communication]
• Sexuality
• Psychoanalysis
• Technique
• Iconography
• Representation
• Gender (sex)
• Art
• Interpretation
• Pastel
• Feminism
• Writings

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
• Michel, Alice, act.1919
• Histoire de l'art
• Femmes
• France
• Regard
• Sexualité
• Psychanalyse
• Technique
• Iconographie
• Représentation
• Sexe (catégorie)
• Art
• Interprétation
• Pastel
• Féminisme
• Ecrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00345295

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