
New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies
Margaret Galvan, "In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
Sep 16, 2023
Margaret Galvan discusses her book exploring queer and feminist visual culture in the 1980s, highlighting grassroots and university archives. The podcast explores LGBTQ comics, artistic production, women in underground comics, the work of Gloria Anzaldúa, and Nan Goldin's photography documenting LGBTQ community in the 80s.
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- Women artists in the 1980s used visual culture to theorize and visualize their own bodies and sexualities, creating visibility for diverse identities.
- Grassroots networks provided vital spaces for community building and personal expression for LGBTQ+ artists.
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Exploring Feminist and Cultural Touchstones
Margaret Galvin's book, Invisible Archives, delves into various feminist and cultural touchstones, such as the feminist sex wars, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the women in print movement, and countercultural grassroots periodical networks. By examining visual culture in relation to these pivotal moments, Galvin showcases how women represented their bodies and sexualities on their own terms. The art highlighted in the book serves as blueprints for future activism and advocacy, particularly in the face of challenges and restrictions to LGBTQ+ and women's rights.
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