An edition of The Amazing decade (1983)

The Amazing decade

women and performance art in America, 1970-1980

The Amazing decade
Moira Roth, Mary Jane Jacob
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An edition of The Amazing decade (1983)

The Amazing decade

women and performance art in America, 1970-1980

"This book is a detailed study of the powerful and innovative role women artists played in the development and expansion of performance art. This hybrid art form, which combines the visual arts with ingredients drawn from experimental dance, theater, music, and poetry, emerged in the late 1960's at the same time as the women's movement. Many women artists turned to performance art in order to translate and capture visually the concerns, demands and visions of the women's movement; thus women led the way in performance art's explorations of autobiography, ritual, mass spectacle and the creation of characters and personae. The Amazing Decade, edited by Moira Roth, with an introduction by Mary Jan Jacob, culls the best from women's performance history, highlighting pivotal works, chronicling changes and projecting future directions: the book contains a major essay by Roth on the history and character of women's performance art; individual profiles on thirty-seven artists and collectives; an extensive bibliography; and a year-by-year chronology from 1956 onward in which women's performance art is set in the context of history and the women's movement. Profusely illustrated, The Amazing Decade is an indispensable reference book and an invaluable teaching tool"--

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Publisher
Astro Artz
Language
English
Pages
165

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Amazing Decade: Women and Performance Art, 1970-1980
February 1984, Astro Artz
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Amazing decade
The Amazing decade: women and performance art in America, 1970-1980
1983, Astro Artz
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 150-163.

Published in
Los Angeles

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
700/.88042
Library of Congress
NX504 .A54 1983

The Physical Object

Pagination
165 p. :
Number of pages
165

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3515665M
ISBN 10
0937122092, 0937122106
LCCN
82083532
OCLC/WorldCat
9911043
LibraryThing
5781034
Goodreads
1280667

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Work ID
OL18262166W

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