Women's Studies 2158A/B Chapter Notes -Starship Troopers
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Lecture 010 reading nanas, guns, and gardens (phyllis braff) She has examined painful relationships and female vulnerability in works that confront fears and celebrate love. Saint-phalle solicits the involvement of the viewer in her work. Saint-phalle"s most familiar works are the everywomen known as nanas . Each of these figures are made of wire, papier-m ch , paint, and yarn; each is a goddess of love, fertility, and motherhood. Saint-phalle identified love as the central concern of women"s lives. From the generous volumes of the nanas, she turned in the 80s to sculptures that outline the figure in space; these linear pieces are referred to as skinnies". Thesis: while saint-phalle"s work has sometimes been regarded as playful, she actively examines female emotions and thoughts from a feminist point of view, using personal experience as source material and developing themes of love, sex, aggression, and childbirth.