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Feminist Art and the Maternal Feminist Art and the Maternal Andrea Liss 2008 Fall
A highly engaging, taboo-breaking study of feminist contemporary art
Everyone Had Cameras: Photography and Farmworkers in California, 1850–2000 Everyone Had Cameras Photography and Farmworkers in California, 1850–2000 Richard Steven Street 2008 Fall
The relationship between California farmworkers and the photographers who have documented their lives
Street Scenes: Staging the Self in Immigrant New York, 1880–1924 Street Scenes Staging the Self in Immigrant New York, 1880–1924 Esther Romeyn 2008 Fall
Negotiates the complex relationship between modern urban culture and immigrant identity
The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer Louis Kaplan 2008 Fall
The story of the birth of spirit photography and the controversy surrounding its discovery
Migrations of Gesture Migrations of Gesture Carrie Noland and Sally Ann Ness, Editors 2008 Spring
The cultural significance of gesture as a human expression
Masterpiece Photographs of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: The Curatorial Legacy of Carroll T. Hartwell Masterpiece Photographs of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts The Curatorial Legacy of Carroll T. Hartwell Christian A. Peterson 2008 Fall
An exquisite selection of photographic works from this important collection
The Philosophy of Art The Philosophy of Art F.W.J. Schelling Douglas W. Stott, Editor 1989 Spring
The first English translation of a classic text in aesthetics based on the precepts of German Idealism. Schelling systematically treats various forms of art-including music, painting, sculpture, narrative, and poetry-to present a philosophical disclosure of the idea or essence of art itself, an essence that transcends the actual work in history.
Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization Engraving the Savage The New World and Techniques of Civilization Michael Gaudio 2008 Spring
How engravings reveal the meaning of “savage” and “civilized”
The People Have Never Stopped Dancing: Native American Modern Dance Histories The People Have Never Stopped Dancing Native American Modern Dance Histories Jacqueline Shea Murphy 2007 Fall
Addresses the Indian, absent and present, in modern dance studies
Looking for Asian America: An Ethnocentric Tour by Wing Young Huie Looking for Asian America An Ethnocentric Tour by Wing Young Huie Wing Young Huie 2007 Fall
Stunning and personal photographs of Asian America today—from a renowned artist
The Color of Stone: Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America The Color of Stone Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America Charmaine A. Nelson 2007 Spring
How do we “see” race when the color of skin is stone
Gronk Gronk Max Benavidez 2007 Spring
The first major book devoted to the influential Chicano artist
Images of Bliss: Ejaculation, Masculinity, Meaning Images of Bliss Ejaculation, Masculinity, Meaning Murat Aydemir 2007 Spring
From Holbein to hard-core porn, a critical exploration of male orgasm in Western culture
Clement Greenberg, Late Writings Clement Greenberg, Late Writings Clement Greenberg Robert C. Morgan, Editor 2007 Spring
A publishing event: culminating works by a major figure in art history, collected here for the first time!
The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary Art The Scar of Visibility Medical Performances and Contemporary Art Petra Kuppers 2006 Fall
Grapples with the limits of medicine and the mysteries of human bodies in contemporary art and culture