Palpable signs

About this book

"Setting theory and practice in dialogue around the body conceived as a cultural effect rather than a natural given, Barry Taylor argues that women's photographic practices have the potential to rethink crucial relationships between gender identity and aesthetics. Not just literal images of bodies, the works discussed expose the construction of social subjects through representation, explore the significance of the materiality of art and implicate the body of the viewer in their meanings."--BOOK JACKET.