Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa

Contemporary Feminist Art by Women in North Africa examines perceptions of the female body as both a subject and an object of aesthetic discourse in the works of six contemporary Maghrebi female artists. The book includes discussions of several artistic mediums including photography, painting, videos, and installations.

Ramona Mielusel

Chapter 1 Ornate Bodies: Symbolic Markers of the Arab Female Body in Majida Khattari's Photography Chapter 2 The Elusiveness of Arab Women and their Subversive Presence in the Architectural Photographic Space of Lalla Essaydi Chapter 3 Women's Body, Empowerment and "Soft Transgression" in Some of Zoulikha Bouabdellah's artworks Chapter 4 Transgressive Bodies: Exploring the Outlier Identities and Bodies in Déborah Benzaquen's Photography Chapter 5 Liberating the Body in Fatima Mazmouz's photographic work: from the Personal to the Political Chapter 6 Decriminalizing the Body: Art and Nudity against the Hshouma by Zaïnab Fasiki