Bodies of Experience: Gender and Identity in Women's Photography Since 1970 (Nexus, V. 2) by Paul Jobling - 1997-06

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London: Scarlet Press, 1997. VG. First Edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBÉD AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PAUL JOBLING, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'Dear ----/best wishes/& happy/reading/Paul/Oct 94'. ix,69pp. Illustrated with 15 photographs. Focused on the period from the 1970s to the present, the book explores women's use of photography to pose challenging questions about female identity and the significance of representation in society. Women photographers' strategic interventions into the traditions of documentary, portraiture and montage have been varied as well as critical, if under-represented by mainstream literature on the subject. Taking the medium on its own terms, women photographers have countered and interrogated its 'male-stream' uses in order to find a voice for alternative female subjectivities. With 'The Artists: Biographical Details' and Bibliography. Surface creasing along fore-edge of rear cover; else a very good copy of a… Read More