{"id":225,"date":"2008-10-02T13:09:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T12:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2016-10-09T10:16:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T08:16:15","slug":"femmes-of-power-exploding-queer-femininities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/femmes-of-power-exploding-queer-femininities\/","title":{"rendered":"Femmes of Power – Exploding Queer Femininities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u00a0I haven’t got the book “Femmes of Power – Exploding Queer Femininities” yet, but I have read a review of the book, which I want to share with you. Read the review by Jess McCabe<\/a>. “Femmes of Power” is by photographer Del LaGrace Volcano<\/a> and Swedish cultural anthropologist Ulrika Dahl. Published 2008-07-03.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The synopsis of the photographic monograph “Femme of Power” reads:<\/p>\n

“What is femme? French for woman? A feminine lesbian? A queer girl who loves to dress up? Think again! Going beyond identity politics and the pleasures of plumage, “Femmes of Power” captures a diverse range of queerly feminine subjects whose powerful and intentional redress explodes the meaning of femme for the 21st century.”Femmes of Power” features both every-day heroines and many queer feminist icons, including Michelle Tea, Virginie Despentes, Amber Hollibaugh, Itziar Ziga, Lydia Lunch, Kate Bornstein and Valerie Mason-John.”Femmes of Power” unsettles the objectifying “male” gaze on femininity and presents femmes as speaking subjects and high heeled theorists. (…)”<\/p>\n

The book has now been included in Feminine Moments’ Bibliography on Lesbian and Queer Art Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0I haven’t got the book “Femmes of Power – Exploding Queer Femininities” yet, but I have read a review of the book, which I want to share with you. Read the review by Jess McCabe. “Femmes of Power” is by photographer Del LaGrace Volcano and Swedish cultural anthropologist Ulrika Dahl….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,23],"tags":[125,388],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-book","category-lesbian-art","category-queer-art","tag-del-lagrace-volcano","tag-ulrika-dahl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t