Books | Women & Art

Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel

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Review: This is a seriously wonderful book. Charting the short, tragic life of Lizzie Siddal from youth to death and all the bits in between, this book is an absolute joy to read. Impeccably researched and wonderfully written, it had me crying buckets at the end, but al....

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Beatrix Potter: A Journal

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Review: This is a real escape into Beatrix's world, written in her style of conversation and beautiful facsimile style reproductions of ephemera and letters bringing her creations to life. Best of all is the facsimile of the private first edition of Peter Rabbit at the bac....

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Burlesque and the New Bump-n-grind

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Review: this book is like a box of expensive chocolates, each page is a delight. i was totally over the moon with this book, as an owner of many many books on the suject i wondered if i needed another one but this is a really beautiful, delightful read, a great exploratio....

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Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo

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Review: I bought this book having read the other good reviews on Amazon and I have found it very useful. I am currently writing a creative piece concerning women and tattoos and this book is intelligent, thought-provoking and surprising. It is full of personal stories from....

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Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry

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Vision and Difference: Feminism, Femininity and Histories of Art (Routledge Classics)

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The Corset: A Cultural History

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Review: An excellent well written book on the history of corsets up to the present day for both men and women, with illustrations and diagrams. This has proved to be a most useful book for my dissertation on the effects of the corset on the body and in society. The content....

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Love Me or Kill Me: Sarah Kane and the Theatre of Extremes (Theatre: Theory, Practice, Performance)

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Review: No doubt Sarah Kane will attract much attention from students over the next few years as the forerunner of the 'in yer face' sensibility and one of the least studied and most talked about playwrights of the 20th century. Thankfully Sauders' comprehensive study is a....

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American Look: Fashion, Sportswear and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New York: Fashion and the Image of Women in 1930's and 1940's New York

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Game: Undercover In The Secret Society Of Pick-up Artists

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Review: Strauss had written 1/2 of a fascinating account of the subculture of pickup artists, and how he transformed himself into one of the best (or so he says...). Whether it's strictly true or not, the story is entertaining and funny and odd, but halfway through this bo....

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