Global feminisms : new directions in contemporary art / edited by Maura Reilly, Linda Nochlin ; essays by Maura Reilly ... [et al.]

Catalog of an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, Mar. 23-July 1, 2007 and at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., Sept. 12-Dec. 9, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-297) and index.

Introduction : Toward transnational feminisms / Maura Reilly -- Women artists then and now : painting, sculpture, and the image of the self / Linda Nochlin -- Providing a space of freedom : women artists from Africa / N'Goné Fall -- Gender mobility : through the lens of five women artists in India / Geeta Kapur -- Contemporary Japanese women's self-awareness / Michiko Kasahara -- What is feminist about contemporary Asian women's art? / Joan Kee -- Central American women artists in a global age / Virginia Pérez-Ratton -- Western European women artists : speaking in a minor voice / Elisabeth Lebovici -- Post-totalitarian art : Eastern and Central Europe / Charlotta Kotík.

Global Feminism features more than eight contemporary women artists, working in a wide variety of media, from fifty countries, each offering new perspectives on women's artistic expression in different regions of the world. This book moves the discourse of feminism art toward a new internationalism that emphasizes not only the cultural differences among women but also the ever changing perceptions of feminism.--BOOK JACKET.