Books by Carolyn Korsmeyer

Philosophical aesthetics and theories of art are among the last areas in which feminist critiques of traditional disciplinary assumptions are being explored. This book examines the intellectual traditions of the philosophy of art and aesthetics.

This illustrated introductory text looks at the key theories and thinkers within art from a philosophical viewpoint. Focusing on the role gender plays, the book covers the most pertinent topics within feminist aesthetics.

Korsmeyer explains how taste came to occupy so low a place in the hierarchy of senses and why it is deserving of greater philosophical respect and attention.