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The Dinner Party - (Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America) by Jane F Gerhard (Paperback)

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  • Judy Chicago's monumental art installation The Dinner Party was an immediate sensation when it debuted in 1979, and today it is considered the most popular work of art to emerge from the second-wave feminist movement.
  • About the Author: JANE F. GERHARD is coauthor of Women and the Making of America and author of Desiring Revolution: Second-Wave Feminism and the Rewriting of American Sexual Thought, 1920-1982.
  • 360 Pages
  • Social Science, Popular Culture
  • Series Name: Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America

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About the Book



Judy Chicago's art installation The Dinner Party was a sensation when it debuted in 1979 and is considered the most popular work of art to emerge from the second-wave feminist movement. Gerhard examines its popularity to understand how ideas about feminism migrated from activist and intellectual circles into the American mainstream.



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Judy Chicago's monumental art installation The Dinner Party was an immediate sensation when it debuted in 1979, and today it is considered the most popular work of art to emerge from the second-wave feminist movement. Jane F. Gerhard examines the piece's popularity to understand how ideas about feminism migrated from activist and intellectual circles into the American mainstream in the last three decades of the twentieth century.

More than most social movements, feminism was transmitted and understood through culture--art installations, Ms. Magazine, All in the Family, and thousands of other cultural artifacts. But the phenomenon of cultural feminism came under extraordinary criticism in the late 1970s and 1980s Gerhard analyzes these divisions over whether cultural feminism was sufficiently activist in light of the shifting line separating liberalism from radicalism in post-1970s America. She concludes with a chapter on the 1990s, when The Dinner Party emerged as a target in political struggles over public funding for the arts, even as academic feminists denounced the piece for its alleged essentialism.

The path that The Dinner Party traveled--from inception (1973) to completion (1979) to tour (1979-1989) to the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum (2007)--sheds light on the history of American feminism since 1970 and on the ways popular feminism in particular can illuminate important trends and transformations in the broader culture.



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I was moved when I saw Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party at the Cyclorama in Boston in 1980, and I was moved by Jane Gerhard's powerful cultural history of this iconic piece of feminist art and its creator. Gerhard broadens our understanding of that changing chameleon we call feminism, demonstrating how feminist ideas seep into popular culture and connect with a much broader swath of the population than would ever call themselves feminists. In an era of museums mounting crowd-pleasing blockbusters, Judy Chicago did it first.

--Susan Ware "general editor, American National Biography"

This is a beautifully written account of Judy Chicago's iconic art installation The Dinner Party from its roots in early 1970s feminism and Womanhouse to its reception among the establishment art world and general public to its continuing ability to generate enthusiasm, life-changing perspectives, anger, and debate. With her nuanced and very engaging study, Jane Gerhard has added tremendously to our understanding of the complexities and power of popular feminism.

--Amy Erdman Farrell "author of Yours in Sisterhood: Ms. Magazine and the Power of Popular Feminism"

Clearly written, incredibly well researched, and balanced in its analysis, Jane Gerhard's retelling of the genesis of what is arguably the single most important work of feminist art and culture since its production provides readers with a detailed glimpse inside the coming to, and coming after of, Judy Chicago's, The Dinner Party.--Jenna Danchuk "Journal of American Culture"

This thoughtful history and analysis of Judy Chicago's 1979 'feminist blockbuster, ' The Dinner Party, its provocative relations with the art world, feminism, and popular culture, and eventual transformation from 'controversy to canonization, ' gives second-wave feminists an opportunity to relive their turbulent roots while educating younger women--especially artists--about the struggle for rights and respect they take for granted.

--Publishers Weekly



About the Author



JANE F. GERHARD is coauthor of Women and the Making of America and author of Desiring Revolution: Second-Wave Feminism and the Rewriting of American Sexual Thought, 1920-1982.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 360
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Popular Culture
Series Title: Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Jane F Gerhard
Language: English
Street Date: June 1, 2013
TCIN: 88982817
UPC: 9780820344577
Item Number (DPCI): 247-57-7225
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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