A Little Feminist History of Art : Tate Publishing : 9781849766562 : 1849766568 : 01 Sep 2019 : A short and pithy introduction to the most important feminist artworks from the late 1960s to the present   Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to &;de-gender&; their work to compete in a male-dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played a leading role in the art world over the last five decades. Using the &;female gaze&; to articulate socially relevant issues after an era of aesthetic &;formalism,&; feminist artists, working in a variety of media, have brought attention to ideas surrounding gender, identity, and form. They have critiqued and altered our thinking about the cultural expectations and stereotyping of women, women&;s struggle for equality, and the treatment of the female body as a commodity. Fifty outstanding works reflect women&;s lives and experience, the changing position of women artists, and the impact of feminist ideals and politics on visual cul