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The history of women and art in Canada has often been celebrated as a story of progress from amateur to professional practice. Rethinking Professionalism challenges this narrative by questioning the assumptions that underlie the category of artistic professionalism, a construct as influential for artistic practice as it has been for art historical understanding. Through a series of in-depth studies, contributors examine changes to the infrastructure of the art world that resulted from a powerful discourse of professionalization that emerged in the late- nineteenth century. While many women embraced this new model, others fell by the wayside, barred from professional status by virtue of their class, their ethnicity, or the very nature of the artworks they produced. The richly illustrated essays in this collection depict the changing nature of the professional paradigm as it was experienced by women painters, photographers, craftspeople, architects, curators, gallery directors, and art teachers. In so doing, they demonstrate the ongoing power of feminist art history to disrupt patterns of thought that have become naturalized and, accordingly, invisible. Going beyond the narratives of recovery or exclusion that the category of professionalism has traditionally encouraged, Rethinking Professionalism explores the very consequences of telling the history of women's art in Canada through that lens. Contributors include Annmarie Adams (McGill University), Alena Buis (Queen's University), Sherry Farrell Racette (University of Manitoba), Cynthia Hammond (Concordia University), Kristina Huneault (Concordia University), Loren Lerner (Concordia University), Lianne McTavish (University of Alberta), Kirk Niergarth (Mount Royal University), Mary O'Connor (McMaster University), Sandra Paikowsky (Concordia University), Ruth B. Phillips (Carleton University), Jennifer Salahub (Alberta College of Art & Design), and Anne Whitelaw (Concordia University).
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Kristina Huneault is associate professor in art history at Concordia University and a co-founder of the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Janice Anderson is adjunct professor in art history at Concordia University and a co-founder of the Canadian
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?The essays in this collection provide a powerful and convincing entrypoint into a much needed conversation about the history of women?s cultural production and the values of art practice in Canada. This book would be a powerful addition to teaching and researching not just women?s history in Canada, but history in Canada more broadly, by highlighting what has been marginalized or rendered invisible in dominant narratives.? Histoire sociale / Social History
?The framework of professionalism allows for an exploration of women?s contributions in the cultural sphere that is far-reaching in scope. The real strength of this collection of essays is that it showcases a number of women who remain un(der)recognized i
?A compact tour de force, it provides a critical overview of the role of professionalism in writings on Canadian women artists and untangles the history of women, art, and professionalization in Canada to the mid-twentieth century. The selected essays fo
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- PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0773539662
- ISBN 13 9780773539662
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages472
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine (see description). Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine (see description). Uncredited Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine/Fine example, in a Near Fine/Fine dustjacket, looks new, 443 pages, colour and b&w photos and images throughout, ---"The history of women and art in Canada has often been celebrated as a story of progress from amateur to professional practice. Rethinking Professionalism challenges this narrative by questioning the assumptions that underlie the category of artistic professionalism, a construct as influential for artistic practice as it has been for art historical understanding. Through a series of in-depth studies, contributors examine changes to the infrastructure of the art world that resulted from a powerful discourse of professionalization that emerged in the late- nineteenth century. While many women embraced this new model, others fell by the wayside, barred from professional status by virtue of their class, their ethnicity, or the very nature of the artworks they produced. The richly illustrated essays in this collection depict the changing nature of the professional paradigm as it was experienced by women painters, photographers, craftspeople, architects, curators, gallery directors, and art teachers. In so doing, they demonstrate the ongoing power of feminist art history to disrupt patterns of thought that have become naturalized and, accordingly, invisible.Going beyond the narratives of recovery or exclusion that the category of professionalism has traditionally encouraged, Rethinking Professionalism explores the very consequences of telling the history of women's art in Canada through that lens. Contributors include Annmarie Adams (McGill University), Alena Buis (Queen's University), Sherry Farrell Racette (University of Manitoba), Cynthia Hammond (Concordia University), Kristina Huneault (Concordia University), Loren Lerner (Concordia University), Lianne McTavish (University of Alberta), Kirk Niergarth (Mount Royal University), Mary O'Connor (McMaster University), Sandra Paikowsky (Concordia University), Ruth B. Phillips (Carleton University), Jennifer Salahub (Alberta College of Art & Design), and Anne Whitelaw (Concordia University)"---, ---CONTENTS INCLUDE: Part One Introduction. Professionalism as Critical Concept and Historical Process for Women and Art in Canada / Kristina Huneault -- Part Two Professionalizing Art. "What Would He Have Us Do?": Gender and the "Profession" of Artist in New Brunswick in the 1930s and 1940s / Kirk Niergarth -- The Rewards of Professionalization: Alice Lusk Webster and the New Brunswick Museum, 1933-53 / Lianne McTavish -- "A Story of Struggle and Splendid Courage": Anne Savage's CBC Broadcasts of The Development of Art in Canada / Alena Buis -- Part Three Careers for Women. Hannah Maynard: Crafting Professional Identity / Jennifer Salahub -- From Amateur to Professional: The Advertising Photography of Margaret Watkins, 1924-28 / Mary O'Connor -- "I Weep for Us Women": Modernism, Feminism, and Suburbia in the Canadian Home Journal's Home '53 Design Competition / Cynthia Imogen Hammond -- Kathleen Daly's Images of Inuit People: Professional Art and the Practice of Ethnography / Loren Lerner -- The Girls and the Grid: Montreal Women Abstract Painters in the 1950s and Early 1960s / Sandra Paikowsky -- Part Four The Limits of Professionalism. "I Want to Call Their Names in Resistance": Writing Aboriginal Women into Canadian Art History, 1880-1970 / Sherry Farrell Racette -- From "Naturalized Invention" to the Invention of a Tradition: The Victorian Reception of Onkwehonwe Beadwork / Ruth B. Phillips -- Professional/Volunteer: Women at the Edmonton Art Gallery, 1923-70 / Anne Whitelaw -- "Marjorie's Web": Canada's First Woman Architect and Her Clients / Annmarie Adams., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE /// ---sizes are approximate ---(generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 7.25w x 10h Inches. Not Signed. Flap Not Clipped. Seller Inventory # 170514
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