Binding: Paperback
Description: The fiery provocative and unparalleled work of feminist art criticism that launched the exceptional career of one of our most important public intellectuals "a remarkable book at once outrageous and compelling fanatical and brilliant. One must be awed by Paglia's vast energy erudition and wit" (The Washington Post). Is Emily Dickinson the female Sade ? Is Donatello's David a bit of pedophile pornography? What is the secret kinship between Byron and Elvis Presley between Medusa and Madonna? How do liberals and feminists as well as conservatives fatally misread human nature? This audacious and omnivorously learned work of guerrilla scholarship offers nothing less than a unified - field theory of Western culture high and low since Egyptians invented beauty making a persuasive case for all art as a pagan battleground between male and female form and chaos civilization and daemonic nature. With 47 photographs.
Title: Sexual Personae Art And Decadence From Nefertiti To Emily Dickinson
Author(s): Paglia Camille
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780679735793
Pages: 718 Pages
Publication Date: 8/20/1991
Category: Gender Studies, Gender Groups