Gender According to Georgia O’Keeffe: (Others’) Image Against (her) Word Cover Image

Gender (według) Georgii O’Keeffe: (cudzy) obraz a (własne) słowo artystki
Gender According to Georgia O’Keeffe: (Others’) Image Against (her) Word

Author(s): Edyta Frelik
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Georgia O’Keeffe; American modernism; gender stereotypes; gendered reading

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the history of gendered and sexually oriented readings of GeorgiaO’Keeffe’s art and her surprisingly trenchant, wry and witty responses to skewed andbiased interpretations of her paintings of magnified flowers. It also discusses somerecent attempts made by a new generation of critics to reconsider O’Keeffe’s themes andstrategies as responses to the challenges posed by the historical moment.

  • Issue Year: 61/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 51-62
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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