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And what are the unique questions facing those engaged with female bodies, queer bodies, sick bodies, racialized bodies? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncompassing a rich genealogy of work across the literary and artistic landscape, Elkin makes daring links between disparate points of reference--among them Julia Margaret Cameron's photography, Kara Walker's silhouettes, Vanessa Bell's portraits, Eva Hesse's rope sculptures, Carolee Schneemann's body art, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's trilingual masterpiece \u003ci\u003eDICTEE\u003c\/i\u003e--and steps into the tradition of cultural criticism established by Susan Sontag, Hélène Cixous, and Maggie Nelson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn erudite, potent examination of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political, the ambiguous and the opaque, \u003ci\u003eArt Monsters \u003c\/i\u003eis a radical intervention that forces us to consider how the idea of the art monster might transform the way we imagine--and enact--our lives.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53552764092782,"sku":"9781250338013","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_47a1ff6a-a778-40df-84ed-b067088360f4.jpg?v=1774573861"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/collections\/imageloader_02a13e4f-d10e-40a6-beaa-a3babfd6d4d4.jpg?v=1774625500","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/collections\/non-fiction.oembed?page=5","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}