ABSTRACT

Vision and Difference, published in 1988, is one of the most significant works in feminist visual culture arguing that feminist art history of is a political as well as academic endeavour.  Pollock expresses how images are key to the construction of sexual difference, both in visual culture and in broader societal experiences.
Her argument places feminist theory at the centre of art history, proffering the idea that a feminist understanding of art history is an analysis of art history itself. This text remains key not only to understand feminine art historically but to grasp strategies for representation in the future and adding to its contemporary value.

chapter |5 pages

Ways in to the Text

section 1|18 pages

Influences

chapter 1|4 pages

The Author and the Historical Context

chapter 2|5 pages

Academic Context

chapter 3|4 pages

The Problem

chapter 4|4 pages

The Author’s Contribution

section 2|18 pages

Ideas

chapter 5|5 pages

Main Ideas

chapter 6|4 pages

Secondary Ideas

chapter 7|4 pages

Achievement

chapter 8|4 pages

Place in the Author’s Work

section 3|18 pages

Impact

chapter 9|5 pages

The First Responses

chapter 10|4 pages

The Evolving Debate

chapter 11|4 pages

Impact and Influence Today

chapter 12|4 pages

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