Judith Wright and Emily Carr
Gendered Colonial Modernity
Judith Wright and Emily Carr
Gendered Colonial Modernity
Description
Knitting together two fascinating but entirely distinct lives, this ingeniously structured braided biography tells the story of the lives and work of two women, each a cultural icon in her own country yet lesser known in the other's.
Australian poet Judith Wright and Canadian painter Emily Carr broke new ground for female artists in the British colonies and influenced the political and social debates about environment and indigenous rights that have shaped Australia and Canada in the 21st century. In telling their story/ies, this book charts the battle for recognition of their modernist art and vision, pointing out significant moments of similarity in their lives and work.
Although separated by thousands of miles, their experience of colonial modernity was startlingly analogous, as white settler women bent on forging artistic careers in a male-dominated world and sphere rigged against them. Through all this, though, their cultural importance endures; two remarkable women whose poetry and painting still speak to us today of their passionate belief in the transformative power of art.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter One: Self-Portraits, Painted and Written
Chapter Two: The Artist as a Young Colonial Girl
Chapter Three: Death of the Mother
Chapter Four: The Voyage Out
Chapter Five: Many Roads Meet Here
Chapter Six: Jack McKinney: the equal heart and mind
Chapter Eight: Lawren Harris: where the soul penetrates
Chapter Nine: Shadow Sisters: Kath and Sophie
Chapter Ten: Late Love, Late Style
Conclusion
Epilogue
Works Cited
Product details
| Published | 28 Jan 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781350188211 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 4 bw illus; 16 colour illus |
| Series | Historicizing Modernism |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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