Books by Gen Doy

Examining feminist and Marxist approaches to women's art and female representations, this book challenges the belief that Marxism has nothing valuable to contribute to women's studies. It shows how Marxism can function to question some of the premises of feminist art histories and to provide an understanding of the meaning(s) of visual imagery.

Provides information about the photographer Claude Cahun, whose work was rediscovered in the 1980s. This book positions the artist in the context of the turbulent times in which she lived. It sees the photographs as part of Cahun's wider life as an artist and writer, a woman and lesbian and as a political activist in the early twentieth century.