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Art, Understanding, and Political Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Amy Mullin
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Abstract

Feminist artworks can be a resource in our attempt to understand individual identities as neither singular nor fixed, and in our related attempts both to theorize and to practice forms of connection to others that do not depend on shared identities. Engagement with these works has the potential to increase our critical social consciousness, making us more aware of oppression and privilege, and more committed to overcoming oppression.

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Hypatia , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , Summer 2000 , pp. 113 - 139
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Copyright © 2000 by Hypatia, Inc.

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