Women's Studies 2158A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Niki De Saint Phalle, Beadwork, Rebecca Belmore
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Contrasts the stereotypes: cotton - slaves, wallpaper - stereotypical aunt jemima mammy. Reminiscent of warhol pop art - a product to be consumed. Black womens history in media - marketed and consumed (aunt jemima syrup: in the context of a political statement. Arts in ny - the exhibition attacked us policies of war, racism and sexism - but it had no black women artists in it, lodged a high level campaign - exhibition was revised! She understands the interconnection: organized a group called wsabal - women students and artists for. Lithograph after painting by cornelius krighoff, hunter, two squaws and papoose, 1845: squaws literally means vagina, common terminology, indians and squaws of lower canada, 1848, v common term, female. Canadian history shows us that prior to industrialization native families were matrilocal (lived with wives mother) they were important, they were shamans and healers.