Summary Lesson 7

Lesson 7

Does a feminist avantgarde exist? What does it mean to position feminism as an avantgarde in terms of art history? What is the relationship of feminism (as a political movement) to art history (an academic discipline) ? What is feminist art history – a history of the women’s art movement post-1968? A special form of historiography? An extension of women’s studies where women artists as cultural producers are its subject? Or a space where the representation of women and women’s issues (identifed by feminism as a politics) are discussed?