Lesbians and the Arts: A Bibliography and Research Guide

Butler, Judith. "The Farce of Fantasy: Feminism, Mapplethorpe and Discursive Excess." Differences 2 (Summer 1990): 105-125.

Cottingham, Laura. "Einige Überlegungen zurerangehensweise, 'die Lesbe' in der Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte zu lokalisieren". Frauen Kunst Wissenschaft. Schwulen- und Lesbenforschung in den Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften. (Germany) 21 (July1996): 24-30. Art historian and Curator Laura Cottingham describes in this article the difficulties of researching lesbian art as well as the perspectives for art history in general. She is mainly interested in dicovering lesbian artists to unveil the lesbian history and

shows the traditional methods to heterosexualize or ignore lesbian artists. Cottingham looks for a common identity of 'lesbian' in the tradition of the women's movement of the 70ies.

Davis, Whitney. "Schwulen- und Lesbenforschung in der Kunstgeschichte." Frauen Kunst Wissenschaft: Schwulen- und Lesbenforschung in den Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften. (Germany) 21 (July 1996): 8-23. Whitney Davis, professor of art history at Northwestern University summarizes in this essay many years of research he has done in the history of gay and lesbian studies. He gives a detailed

overview of methods and beginnings of modern 'queer theory', as well as showing its changing of paradigm.

Davis, Whitney. "Founding the Closet: Sexuality and the Invention of Art History." Art Documentation, [special issue of The ARLIS Journal]. Raleigh, NC: Art Libraries Society of North America,

1992.

Dubin, Zan. "Gay Art to be Covered Up for Show." Los Angeles Times (May 22, 1992): A3.

Duncan, M. "Queering the Discourse" Art in America 83, no.7 (July 1995): 27-31.

Engel, Antke. "Das Bild als Akteur, das Bild als Queereur. Methodologische Überlegungen zur sozialen Produktivität der Bilder." FKW Zeitschrift für Geschlechterforschung und visuelle Kultur Heft 45 (July 2008): 12-25.

Gaines, Jane M. "Feministische Heterosexualität und ihre politisch unkorrekten Freuden." Texte zur Kunst (Germany) 5, no. 19 (August 1995).

Kotz, Liz. "The Body You Want: Liz Kotz Interviews Judith Butler." Artforum 31, no.3 (November 1992): 82-89.

Pollock, Griselda. "Canonical Criminalizations: Homosexuality, Art History, Surrealism, and Abjection." In Trouble in the Archives, edited by Griselda Pollock. Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana Press, 1992.

Saslow, James M. "Homosexuality in Art: History of Gay Art." The Advocate 429 (September 17, 1985), Continued in nos. 436, 457, 467 and 480 (September 1, 1987).

Vogel, Lise. "Fine Art and Feminism: The Awakening Consciousness." Feminist Studies 2, no.1, (1974): 3-37.

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