The fertile crescent : gender, art, and society / Judith K. Brodsky & Ferris Olin ; with essays by Judith K. Brodsky [and others].

Author/creator Brodsky, Judith K.
Other author Olin, Ferris.
Other author Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University). Galleries.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, ©2012.
Descriptionxv, 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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Contents Preamble / Stanley N. Katz -- Preface and acknowledgments / Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin -- Essays. The fertile crescent : gender, art, and society / Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin -- The art of revolution in Egypt : brushes with women / Margot Badran -- Art, precarity, biopolitics / Kelly Baum -- Slipping away (or uncompliant cartographies) / Gilane Tawadros -- Artists. Negar Ahkami -- Shiva Ahmadi -- Jananne Al-Ani -- Fatima Al Qadiri -- Monira Al Qadiri -- Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh -- Zeina Barakeh -- Ofri Cnaani -- Nezaket Ekici -- Diana El Jeiroudi -- Parastou Forouhar -- Ayana Friedman -- Shadi Ghadirian -- Mona Hatoum -- Hayv Kahraman -- Efrat Kedem -- Sigalit Landau -- Ariane Littman -- Shirin Neshat -- Ebru Özsec̦en -- Laila Shawa -- Shahzia Sikander -- Fatimah Tuggar -- Nil Yalter.
General noteIssued in conjunction with an exhibition held at Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, Aug. 13-Sept. 9, 2012, and elsewhere through Nov. 2012.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-231) and index.
ISBN9780979049798
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