Paula Rego's Map of Memory- National and Sexual Politics FROM THE PUBLISHER
The artist Paula Rego was born in Portugal but has lived in Britain since 1951. In this well-illustrated book, Maria Manuel Lisboa explores the background behind Rego's decision to leave the land of her birth and, in doing so, provides fascinating insights into Rego's persistent portrayal of uneasy and predatory relations between men and women. Looking back over the national, religious and sexual politics of Portugal during Rego's childhood under the shadow of the Salazar dictatorship and subsequently, Lisboa locates the origins of the artist's preoccupation with power and powerlessness, violence and abuse within the political and ideological status quo of Portugal, past and present. Lisboa's clear and thoughtful analysis offers an ambitious contribution to the study of patriarchy, Catholicism and Fascism and their expression in the work of this artist.
SYNOPSIS
Lisboa (Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Lusophone literature, Cambridge U.) explores the life and work of Portuguese painter Rego, especially looking at the impact of the national, religious, and sexual politics of the country as she grew up under the Salazar dictatorship on the artist's concern with power and powerlessness, violence, and abuse. Her arrangement is chronological, from past history and deaths foretold in the 1960s to 1970s, a death in the family in the late 1980s, mother and land revisited in the 1990s, the abortion pastels, and her relationship with her models. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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