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This chapter first lays down the background of the development of Western Feminist Aesthetics and its main agenda. It then presents a cross-cultural examination and reflection of the agenda on the women art in postcolonial Hong Kong. Particular areas of attention include: personal history and creativity; private (experience) and public (exhibition); personal response to social and political events; exploration and development of artistic languages and media; and finally, gender construction and individual transcendence.
This chapter was originally published in LIKOVNE BESEDE/ ART WORDS, Slovenia’s Ljubljana: Union of the Slovene Fine Artists Associations, September 2003, pp. 49–57.
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Man, E.K.W. (2015). Some Reflections on “Feminist Aesthetics”: Private/Public? Personal/Political? Gender/PostColonial?—the Case of Women Art in PostColonial Hong Kong in 1990s. In: Issues of Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Context. Chinese Contemporary Art Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46510-3_9
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