Sexual Personae: Art & Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily

Sexual Personae: Art & Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

Here is the fiery, provocative, and unparalleled work of feminist art criticism that launched Camille Pagliaâ€™s exceptional career as one of our most important public intellectuals. Is Emily Dickinson â€œthe female Sadeâ€? Is Donatelloâ€™s David a bit of pedophile pornography? What is the secret kinship between Byron and Elvis Presley, between Medusa and Madonna? How do liberals and feministsâ€”as well as conservativesâ€”fatally misread human nature? This audacious and omnivorously learned work of guerrilla scholarship offers nothing less than a unified-field theory of Western culture, high and low, since Egyptians invented beautyâ€”making a persuasive case for all art as a pagan battleground between male and female, form and chaos, civilization and daemonic nature.

47 photographs.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 9780679735793
Color Multicolor
IsAdultProduct
Height 7.98
Length 5.13
Weight 1.4991433816
Width 1.54
ReleaseDate 1991-08-20
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Sexual Personae: Art & Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson