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The first comprehensive history of feminist performance art in North America highlighting the important contributions of women artists.

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9780773530669

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Wark wonderfully weaves together theory and practice, documenting both well-known and little-known art work through a nuanced presentation of feminist and performance history. Peggy Phelan, Stanford University Wark has done a terrific job of navigating the enormously complex array of feminist theory and criticism produced over the thirty years of her study, with a highly impressive perceptive analysis of its contradictions, complexities, and shifts. Bridget Elliott, John Abbott Visual Arts Centre, Western Ontario

""Wark wonderfully weaves together theory and practice, documenting both well-known and little-known art work through a nuanced presentation of feminist and performance history."" Peggy Phelan, Stanford University ""Wark has done a terrific job of navigating the enormously complex array of feminist theory and criticism produced over the thirty years of her study, with a highly impressive perceptive analysis of its contradictions, complexities, and shifts."" Bridget Elliott, John Abbott Visual Arts Centre, Western Ontario

"""Wark wonderfully weaves together theory and practice, documenting both well-known and little-known art work through a nuanced presentation of feminist and performance history."" Peggy Phelan, Stanford University ""Wark has done a terrific job of navigating the enormously complex array of feminist theory and criticism produced over the thirty years of her study, with a highly impressive perceptive analysis of its contradictions, complexities, and shifts."" Bridget Elliott, John Abbott Visual Arts Centre, Western Ontario"

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Jayne Wark is associate professor, art history, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

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