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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Frida Kahlo; Frida Kahlo; Frida Kahlo; Frida Kahlo |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gannit Ankori |
ISBN: | 9781780231983 1780231989 |
OCLC Number: | 834408868 |
Description: | 240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction: The artist as mythmaker; fissured tales of art and life -- Family tree : 'my grandparents, my parents and I' -- Childhood traumas : the broken body, the doubled self -- On the cusp of womanhood -- Coming of age -- 'The lost desire' : relinquishing maternity -- 'Double sorrow' : losing and finding love -- 'Where is the "I"?' : losing and finding her selves -- 'Everything is all and one' : losing and finding faith -- 'I am the disintegration' : the waning of life -- Of her time; ahead of her time -- Postscript: Frida Kahlo's art, life and legacy. |
Series Title: | Critical lives, 85. |
Responsibility: | Gannit Ankori. |
Abstract:
Cutting through 'Fridamania', this book explores Frida Kahlo's life, art and legacies, while also scrutinizing the myths, contradictions and ambiguities that riddle her dramatic story.
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