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Radical Decadence: Excess in Contemporary Feminist Textiles and Craft
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Radical Decadence: Excess in Contemporary Feminist Textiles and Craft Hardback - 2017

by Julia Skelly

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This pioneering book explores the notion of 'radical decadence' as concept, aesthetic and lived experience, and as an analytical framework for the study of contemporary feminist textile art. Gendered discourses of decadence that perpetuate anxieties about women's power, consumption and pleasure are deconstructed through images of drug use, female sexuality and 'excessive' living, in artworks by several contemporary textile artists including Orly Cogan, Tracey Emin, Allyson Mitchell, and Rozanne Hawksley.

Perceptions of decadence are invariably bound to the negative connotations of decay and degradation, particularly with regard to the transgression of social norms related to femininity and the female body. Excessive consumption by women has historically been represented as grotesque, and until now, women's pleasure in relation to drug and alcohol use has largely gone unexamined in feminist art history and craft studies. Here, representations of female consumption, from cupcakes to alcohol and cocaine, are opened up for critical discussion.

Drawing on feminist and queer theories, Julia Skelly considers portrayals of 'bad girls' in artworks that explore female sexuality - performative pieces designed to subvert and exceed feminine roles. In this provocative book, decadence is understood not as a destructive force but as a liberating aesthetic.

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  • Title Radical Decadence: Excess in Contemporary Feminist Textiles and Craft
  • Author Julia Skelly
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
  • Publication date 2017-05-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781472569417 / 1472569415
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.7 x 6.7 x 0.5 in (24.64 x 17.02 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Gender Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Feminism and art, Women artists
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016041060
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.042

About the author

Julia Skelly teaches in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
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