Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics
Heresies #14
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Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and PoliticsEntry/Object ID
2024.4.30Secondary Title
A Feminist Publication on Art and PoliticsDescription
Each issue of "Heresies" focused on a single topic and had a distinct style and perspective. Subjects included feminist theory, lesbian art and artists, women's traditional arts and crafts, politics in general and the politics of aesthetics, patterns of communication, patterns of communication, violence against women, working women, women from peripheral nations, women and music, sex, film, activism, racism, postmodernism, and coming of age. HOLDINGS: Almost a complete set (missing #2-4 & #27.) Each issue is centered around a specific theme: Volume 1: #1, 1977, (Feminist, Art & Politics); #3, 1977 (Lesbian Art and Artists). Volume 2: #5, 1982 (The Great Goddess)(2 copies); #6, 1978 (Women & Violence); #7, 1979 (Women Working Together) (2 copies); #8, 1979 (Third World Women). Volume 3: #9, 1980 (Organized Women Divided); #10, 1980 (Women & Music); #11, 1981 (Making Room: Women & Architecture); #12, 1981 (Sex Issue) (2 copies). Volume 4: #13, 1981 (Feminism & Ecology); #14, 1982 (The Women's Pages); #15, 1982 (Racism Is the Issue) (2 copies); #16, 1983 (Film & Video). Volume 5: #17, 1984 (Acting Up); #18, 1985 (Feminism & Class); #20, 1987 (Activists). Volume 6: #21, 1987 (Food Is a Feminist Issue); #22, 1987 (Art in Unestablished Channels); #23, 1988 (Coming of Age); #24, 1989 (12 Year Anniversary). Volume 7: #25, 1990 (Art of Education); #26, 1992 (Post-Totalitarianism Criticism).Context
The journal was seen as not only a major contribution to the feminist art scene, but a major forum for feminist thinking that experimented with an editorial format that asked contributors to grapple with hierarchical and societal issues of difference. It created a public discourse in feminist thought and expression.Category
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