Nomadic Femininities in the Twentieth Century Photography

  • Uta Felten Leipzig University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ARAB.57078
Keywords: Gender, Women Photography, Gaze, Identities

Abstract

The contribution analyses subversive strategies in the art of women photography of the 20th century with a focus on the examples of Claude Cahun, Cindy Sherman and Ouka Leele. These artists are considered to be key examples of the practice of nomadism. A strategy, as it is intended to demonstrate, which denies traditional conceptions of fixed identities which are substituted by a strategy of ironic play with masks and identities deconstructing the models and myths of patriarchal discourse and its heteronormative gaze.

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Uta Felten, Leipzig University

Dra. Uta Felten

Categoría Profesional: Catedrática de Filología Románica

Departamento: Facultad de filología, filología románica

Universidad de Leipzig

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Published
2018-01-29
How to Cite
Felten U. (2018). Nomadic Femininities in the Twentieth Century Photography. Área Abierta. Revista de comunicación audiovisual y publicitaria, 18(1), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.5209/ARAB.57078
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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2018): Monográfico: Tras la cámara. Estudios sobre mujeres fotógrafas
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