Frida Kahlo /
"This book explores Kahlo's life, art and legacies, while also scrutinizing the myths, contradictions and ambiguities that riddle her dramatic story. Gannit Ankori examines Kahlo's early childhood, medical problems, volatile marriage, political affiliations, religious beliefs and, mos...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
2013.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781780232225 1780232225 9781306865814 1306865816 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The artist as mythmaker; fissured tales of art and life
- Family tree : 'my grandparents, my parents and I'
- Childhood traumas : the broken body, the doubled self
- On the cusp of womanhood
- Coming of age
- 'The lost desire' : relinquishing maternity
- 'Double sorrow' : losing and finding love
- 'Where is the "I"?' : losing and finding her selves
- 'Everything is all and one' : losing and finding faith
- 'I am the disintegration' : the waning of life
- Of her time; ahead of her time
- Postcript: Frida Kahlo's art, life and legacy.