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Tables of Contents for The Art of Reflection
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
ix
List of Illustrations
xi
Foreword
xv
Rosy Martin
Introduction: Reflections on Women's Self-portraiture
`Me Without Mirrors'
1
6
The Art of Reflection: Themes, Issues and Terminology
7
8
Theory and Practice: Situated Knowledges
7
3
Terminology: The Sub-text in the Text
10
5
The Myth of the Artist
The Artist as a Type in Myth and History
15
3
The Romantic Genius
18
4
Emasculating the Tropes in Self-portraiture
22
42
The Male Artist as Creator and Procreator
23
4
Occupational Self-portraits: Tools of the Trade
27
5
Occupational Self-portraits: Subject and Object
32
7
Associations with Artists and Styles
39
4
Group Portraits
43
9
Postmodem Parodies: The Woman Artist as the Male Artist
52
3
The Artist as God
55
4
The Artist and Her Model
59
5
The Autobiographical Model
The Literary Paradigm
64
3
Self-portraiture Read as Traditional Autobiography
67
3
Challenges to the Traditional Readings
70
3
History, Time and Chronology
73
6
The Self-portrait Series in the Work of Women Artists: Psychobiography
79
5
The Self-portrait Series in the Work of Women Artists: Artistic Development
84
2
Self-conscious Positioning
86
6
Shifting Subjects
92
3
The Factual Author: Mimesis, Mimicry and Likeness
95
7
Women's Self-portraiture Explorations of the Body
The Significance of the Body in Self-representation
102
2
The Sexed Body
104
9
The Sexual Self and Women Artists
107
3
The Post-1968 Generation and Female Sexuality
110
3
The Lesbian Body
113
4
The Gendered Body
117
21
Masculinities
118
2
Femininities
120
7
Androgynies
127
3
Androgyny and Lesbian Self-representation
130
2
Androgyny, Creativity and the Future
132
6
The Maternal Body
138
13
Pregnancy
141
5
Mother and Child
146
5
The Body Politic
Women, Art and Politics
151
4
Art Politics and Women's Self-portraiture
155
6
The Politics of Domesticity
161
4
Body Politics and the Body Politic
165
3
Medicine and Health
168
3
Body Image
171
4
Ageing
175
4
Sexual Violence
179
3
The Politics of Difference: Class and Ethnicity
182
6
Black Women Artists: The Politics of Gender and Race
188
7
Conclusions: Reflecting on the Future
Vanity Reviewed
195
4
Bodies and Embodiment
199
4
Notes
203
10
Selected Bibliography
213