A working-class Anti-Pygmalion aesthetics of the female grotesque in the photographs of Richard Billingham.
‘Femininity’ is a concept formed by structures of class difference: to be ‘feminine’ is to fit into an idealised higher-class position. Working-class women, without the financial or cultural capital to successfully perform femininity, are regularly cast down into the realms of the grotesque. This ‘f...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Women's Studies Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 355 - 371 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Aug2018
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