Equal under the Sky: Georgia O’Keeffe and Twentieth-Century Feminism
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826358810 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Linda M. Grasso is a professor of English at York College and of Liberal Studies at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She is the author of The Artistry of Anger: Black and White Women’s Literature in America, 1820–1860
Equal under the Sky is the first historical study of Georgia O’Keeffe’s complex involvement with, and influence on, US feminism from the 1910s to the 1970s. The women’s movements that impacted the creation and reception of O’Keeffe’s art, Grasso argues, explain why she is a national icon who is valued for more than her artistic practice.. Grasso shows how and why feminism and O’Keeffe are inextricably connected in popular culture and scholarship. Utilizing understudied sources such as fan letters, archives of women’s organizations, transcripts of women’s radio shows, and programs from women’s colleges, Linda M
“In this engaging and provocative study, Linda M. Grasso positions Georgia O’Keeffe’s identity and art making, her lived experiences and social/political allegiances, within the larger historical context of contested feminist politics in twentieth-century America.”Helen Langa, author of Radical Art: Printmaking and the Left in 1930s New York