Feminisms and Contemporary Art in Indonesia: Defining Experiences
Feminisms and Contemporary Art in Indonesia: Defining Experiences
by Wulandani Dirgantoro
Amsterdam University Press, 2017 Cloth: 978-90-8964-845-7 | eISBN: 978-90-485-2699-4 Library of Congress Classification N7326.D57 2017 Dewey Decimal Classification 709.598
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
While Indonesian contemporary art is currently on the rise on the international art scene, there hasn't yet been an in-depth study of the works of Indonesian women artists and the feminist strategies they employ within the art world. This book fills that gap, presenting the first comprehensive study of feminisms and contemporary art in Indonesia; using feminist readings to analyse the works of Indonesian women artists historically and today; illuminating the sociocultural contexts in which they have worked; and offering a nuanced understanding of local feminisms in the nation.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Wulan Dirgantoro is Postdoctoral Fellow at Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices Program at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction: Defining Experiences Chapter 2 Firing the Cannon: Indonesian Art Canons as Myth and Masculine Ideal Chapter 3 Haunting in the Archipelago: Emiria Sunassa and Mia BustamChapter 4 Female Desire and the Monstrous-Feminine in the Works of Igak MurniasihChapter 5 Searching for the Feminine: Motherhood and Maternal SubjectivityChapter 6 Performing Feminisms: Performance Art and Politics in the Works of Kelompok Perek and ArahmaianiChapter 7 ConclusionBibliography