Feminism and Contemporary Art

Looks at the work of a diverse range of artists and explores the effect of feminist theory on art practice. The book provides a provocative and valuable account of the diversity and revolutionary potential of women's art practice.

Jo Anna Isaak is a writer living in New York City. She is the author of The Ruin of Representation in Modernist Art and Texts (1986) and the curator of the exhibition Laughter Ten Years After.

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Revolutionary Power of Women's Laughter; Chapter 2 Art History and its (Dis)Contents; Chapter 3 Reflections Of Resistance: Women Artists On The Other Side Of The Mir; Chapter 4 Mothers of Invention; Chapter 5 Mapping The Imaginary; Chapter 6 Encore;