Full Product Details
Author: Maria Elena Buszek
Publisher: Duke University Press
Imprint: Duke University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.812kg
ISBN: 9780822337348
ISBN 10: 0822337347
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 31 May 2006
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Pin-ups that women love? That they create? Yes! In her brilliantly vibrant debut book, Maria Elena Buszek gives a lucid, rich, and thorough account of a nineteenth- and twentieth-century history in which women employ the power of erotic imagery to celebrate themselves. From the writing to the reproductions, Pin-up Grrrls is eye-opening."" Joanna Frueh, performance artist and author of Swooning Beauty: A Memoir of Pleasure Pin-Up Grrrls is a funny, sexy, political take on the pin-up. In this book, women flaunt their sexuality, use images of themselves to their own ends, and remake the pin-up genre in endlessly creative ways.""--Susie Bright, author of Mommy's Little Girl: On Sex, Motherhood, Porn, and Cherry Pie ""One brand of contemporary feminism casts women as external victims: all sex is rape, apparently, and all representations of female sexuality are merely for the delectation of men. Pin-Up Grrrls challenges this one dimensional view, showing how feminism and the pin-up--to some extent at least--walked hand in hand.""--Times Literary Supplement, 3 November 2006"
Pin-ups that women love? That they create? Yes! In her brilliantly vibrant debut book, Maria Elena Buszek gives a lucid, rich, and thorough account of a nineteenth- and twentieth-century history in which women employ the power of erotic imagery to celebrate themselves. From the writing to the reproductions, Pin-up Grrrls is eye-opening. Joanna Frueh, performance artist and author of Swooning Beauty: A Memoir of Pleasure Pin-Up Grrrls is a funny, sexy, political take on the pin-up. In this book, women flaunt their sexuality, use images of themselves to their own ends, and remake the pin-up genre in endlessly creative ways. --Susie Bright, author of Mommy's Little Girl: On Sex, Motherhood, Porn, and Cherry Pie One brand of contemporary feminism casts women as external victims: all sex is rape, apparently, and all representations of female sexuality are merely for the delectation of men. Pin-Up Grrrls challenges this one dimensional view, showing how feminism and the pin-up--to some extent at least--walked hand in hand. --Times Literary Supplement, 3 November 2006
Author Information
Maria Elena Buszek is Assistant Professor of Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute and a regular contributor to Bust magazine.
