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The Photography of Laurie Toby Edison |
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Copyright © glbtq, Inc. and Laurie Toby Edison. |
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More on Laurie Toby Edison
www.laurietobyedison.com
Laurie Toby Edison's own website contains extensive image galleries and
a storefront that sells her books and prints. |
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Related Entries
glbtq >> American
Art: Lesbian, Post-Stonewall
Since
Stonewall, lesbian artists in America, from installation artists to
filmmakers and photographers to performance artists and painters, have
become increasingly diverse and visible.
glbtq >> Laurie Toby Edison
Best known for three
collections of photographs featuring, respectively, fat nude women,
nude men, and women in Japan, Laurie Toby Edison turned to photography
as a medium that could combine art and social activism.
glbtq >> Photography: Lesbian, Post-Stonewall
Since Stonewall lesbian photographers have created an enduring archive
that documents lesbian lives, searches for a lesbian sensibility, and
explores various issues of particular import to the lesbian community.
glbtq >> Subjects of the
Visual Arts: Nude Females
While nude
depictions of women appear in most cultures, on both sides of the
equator, and in rich variety, lesbian artists have been particularly
resourceful in their use of the female nude. |
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| Recommended Reading
Faludi, Susan.
Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man. New York: William Morrow, 1999.
Mackie, Vera.
Feminism in Modern Japan: Citizenship, Embodiment, and Sexuality.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Schoenfielder, Lisa, and Barb Wieser, eds. Shadow on a
Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression. Vivian F. Mayer,
foreword. Iowa City, Iowa: Aunt Lute Books, 1983. |
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