Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Why Women’S Art? An Introduction The (In)Visibility Of The Female Body In An Art Tradition: A Historical Framework Part I. Gendering Of Historiography 1. Reimagining Women’S History And Gendering Historiography 2. The Pregnant Nude And Photographic Representation Part II. Gendering Of Sexuality 3. The Sexual Subject: Sexing The Body, Reversing The Gaze 4. The Body In Abstraction: The World Of Flowers And Crafts Part III. Gendering Of Pain 5. Performing The Body, Expressing Pain 6. Ephemeral Bodies: Object Choice And Material Practice Part IV. Gendering Of Space 7. From Ruin Aesthetics To Urban Narratives 8. Cyborg Bodies: Transgression Across The Real And The Virtual Postscript. An Impossible Closure: Gender Beyond The Body Notes Bibliography Index