Contents
Preface
I. Masculinity
Appropriated Sexuality (1986)
Representations of the Penis (1988)
Forensics: The Part for the Hole (1992)
"The Bitter Tea of General Yen": Paintings by David Diao (1995)
II. Feminity and Feminism
From Liberation to Lack (1987)
Ana Mendieta (1988)
Medusa Redux: Ida Applebroog and the Spaces of Postmodernity (1990-93)
The Return of the Same (1990)
"Just the Facts, Ma'am" (1990-96)
Patrilineage (1991-92)
III. Teaching
On Failure and Anonymity (1985)
Authority and Learning (1990)
IV. Painting
Bonnard's Ants (1987)
Figure/Ground (1989)
Researching Visual Pleasure (1991)
The Erotics of Visuality (1992)
Course Proposal (1993)
Painting as Manual (1995)
V. You Can't Leave Home without It (1991)
Afterword: Painting and Language / Painting Language
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index