Paula Rego's map of memory : national and sexual politics
Paula Rego's view of the world as expressed in her paintings is a particularly female one. In this study Maria Manuel Lisboa explores her impact on national and sexual politics with an emphasis on Rego's understanding of what constitutes love.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xvii, 218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
9780754607205, 0754607208
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Contents: Introduction: A patriot for me; Past history and deaths foretold: nation, self and other from the 1960s to the 1980s; (He)art history or a death in the family: the late 1980s; The sins of the fathers: mother and land revisited in the 1990s; An interesting condition: the abortion pastels; Conclusion: Artist and model: let me count the ways I love you; Bibliography; Indexes.