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The Other Fridas
The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists
Luciana Namorato (Anthology Editor) , Debora Thome (Anthology Editor) , João Nemi Neto (Anthology Editor) , Luciana Namorato (Contributor) , João Nemi Neto (Contributor) , Debora Thome (Contributor) , Yamila Azize-Vargas (Contributor) , Mila Burns (Contributor) , Ben De Witte (Contributor) , Lorna Dillon (Contributor) , Maria Elva Echenique (Contributor) , Luciana Carvalho Fonseca (Contributor) , Gabriela Germaná (Contributor) , Ann Marie Leimer (Contributor) , Andrea Lepage (Contributor) , Elvira Aballi Morell (Contributor) , Andrea Villa Ruiz (Contributor) , Rosita Scerbo (Contributor) , Alysa Schroff (Contributor) , Dennys Silva-Reis (Contributor) , Sandra Sousa (Contributor) , Anastasiya Stoyneva (Contributor)
The Other Fridas
The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists
Luciana Namorato (Anthology Editor) , Debora Thome (Anthology Editor) , João Nemi Neto (Anthology Editor) , Luciana Namorato (Contributor) , João Nemi Neto (Contributor) , Debora Thome (Contributor) , Yamila Azize-Vargas (Contributor) , Mila Burns (Contributor) , Ben De Witte (Contributor) , Lorna Dillon (Contributor) , Maria Elva Echenique (Contributor) , Luciana Carvalho Fonseca (Contributor) , Gabriela Germaná (Contributor) , Ann Marie Leimer (Contributor) , Andrea Lepage (Contributor) , Elvira Aballi Morell (Contributor) , Andrea Villa Ruiz (Contributor) , Rosita Scerbo (Contributor) , Alysa Schroff (Contributor) , Dennys Silva-Reis (Contributor) , Sandra Sousa (Contributor) , Anastasiya Stoyneva (Contributor)
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Description
The Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists explores the lives of prominent and lesser known artists from a dozen different countries, and seeks to understand their artistic contributions and their complex lives. Frida Kahlo is one of the most recognizable women artists of the Western world and an icon of feminism. Yet, Latin America has produced many other women artists who, like Kahlo, challenged conventions of their day, transgressed gender stereotypes, and significantly contributed to cultural and artistic realms. Most have been overshadowed by their male counterparts; and while some have been recognized in their home countries, the vast majority have remained in obscurity at home and abroad. This collection brings together sixteen essays, and features such artists as Chilean composer Violeta Parra, Cuban painter Belkis Ayón, nineteenth-century Portuguese-Brazilian actress Maria Velluti, Puerto Rican painter and sculptor Luisa Géigel Brunet, and many more. This book celebrates the lives and creativity of these underrecognized artists, and the contributions that they have made towards Latin American art.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Other Fridas Luciana Namorato and Débora Thomé
Section I: Art as Image
Chapter 1: Out from the Shadows: Vida, Trabajo y Legado de Lola Álvarez Bravo Ann Marie Leimer
Chapter 2: The Unseen Cancerous Body: Challenging the Normative Eroticized Breast in the Photo Book Recursos Humanos (2000), by Gabriela Liffschitz (Rosita Scerbo)
Chapter 3: Luisa Géigel Brunet, 1916–2008: Hidden Icon of the Arts in Puerto Rico Yamila Azize-Vargas
Chapter 4: The Mythological Consciousness of Belkis Ayón: A Path for Resistance Elvira Aballí Morell
Chapter 5: Judith F. Baca before El Taller Siqueiros: Collective Production and the 1976 Section of The Great Wall of Los Angeles Andrea Lepage
Section II: Art as Text
Chapter 6: Guadalupe Marín and the texto desmadrado Alysa Schroff
Chapter 7: Yolanda Bedregal: On Women’s Writing Maria Elva Echenique
Chapter 8: Astrid H. Roemer: Postcolonial Writing in the Black Diaspora Ben De Witte
Chapter 9: Freedom Lost, Freedom Found in the Poetry of Delmira Agustini and Juana de Ibarbourou Anastasiya Stoyneva
Section III: Art as Form
Chapter 10: Embroidering Folk Culture: Violeta Parra’s Art Lorna Dillon
Chapter 11: Metal Bodies: Discourses on the Body in the Work in Metal of Contemporary Peruvian Women Artists Gabriela Germaná
Chapter 12: Redeeming Memory Through the Dysfunctional, Dis-United “No-Body”: A Neo-Baroque Approach to Doris Salcedo’s Artistic Work Andrea Villa Ruiz
Section IV: Art as Movement
Chapter 13: Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Women in Cinema: Sônia Braga and Sara Gómez Sandra Sousa
Chapter 14: Maria Velluti’s Mise-en-Scène: Translating a Woman Dramatist in Nineteenth-century Brazil Luciana Carvalho Fonseca and Dennys Silva-Reis
Chapter 15: Cannibalism, Lygia Clark’s Body, and her Anthropophagic Slobber João Nemi Neto
Section V: Art as Sound
Chapter 16: A Musical Constellation: Sorority and Authorship in the Work of Dona Ivone Lara Mila Burns
About the Contributors
Product details
| Published | 12 Feb 2025 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9781666963045 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 20 BW Photos |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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The Other Fridas is an important contribution to feminist and gender studies, particularly in the context of Latin American female artists. The collection of sixteen articles aims to bring attention to the work of underrecognized Latin American women artists who worked from the mid-19th century to the end of the 20th century. These artists, working across various forms of art like photography, painting, novels, poetry, film, and music, have been historically overlooked by both the public and academia. Given its interdisciplinary approach, The Other Fridas will likely become a valuable resource for courses in cultural studies, feminism, and gender studies, promoting the recognition of these artists worldwide.
Christian Fernández, Louisiana State University
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The Other Fridas is a timely contribution to the field of Latin American Studies. Working against stereotypes and patriarchal canon formation, this collection of essays challenges our common knowledge of women artists and writers. It offers not only the examination of the work of new Latin American creators, but also shows us that there is an iceberg of cultural production waiting to be known. Punching trough national intellectual borders, The Other Fridas is an ambitious compilation that remaps the struggle and collaboration that women artists have endured across the Americas, significantly contributing to scholarship in the intersectionality of gender, class and race relations.
Enrique E. Cortez, Portland State University
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This timely and well-documented critical anthology on Latin American female artists underscores not only a variety of regions but also such wide-ranging media as photography, painting, literature, theatre, music, and murals. Likewise, the theoretical perspectives are extensive, including gender, race, queer studies, disability studies, psychoanalysis, postcolonial studies, aesthetics, and reception theory. One of the significant successes of this collection of essays is the emphasis on lesser-known artists and genres who have not received the critical attention they deserve, as well as the centrality of the artists’ lived experiences in understating their art. This is a much-needed contribution to scholarship on female artists in Latin America.
Traci Roberts-Camps, University of the Pacific
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An enriching volume that explores the careers of highly notable women creators from Latin America and that also recognizes the rich theoretical production emanating from this territory.
Georgina Gluzman, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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The Other Fridas refines historical narratives while questioning historical practices, and it contributes significantly to the scholarship on women and the arts in Latin America ... Highly recommended [for] advanced undergraduates through faculty.
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