Dirt and Domesticity : Constructions of the Feminine

Abstract

Accompanying a presentation of works (including video works) by 35 artists and collectives, this catalogue contains three essays that interrogate the relationship between represented femininity and dirt or cleanliness. Ward's essay inspects the documentary tradition and contrasts modernist with contemporary practices. Haug traces the role of the Black "mammy" in domesticity. Mertes views in the historical context a process of legitimation through naturalization. 40 bibl. ref