Joanna Frueh
Biographic Data
| ID | 124770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanna Frueh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Frueh |
| SIGNATURE | FRUEH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, USA, [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Goddess of Roses
A philosophy of pleasure, a few chocolate malts, roses galore! In this performance text, Frueh is the Goddess of Roses, who observes and celebrates life through soul-and-mind-inseparable-from-body
Vaginal Aesthetics
Based on the premise that ugliness looms large in both cultural and women's consciousness of vaginas, I create a representation of the vagina's beauty as rich and sweet. Smell, taste, and touch play predominant roles as I use scholarly analysis and my own autobiographical narratives and poems and poetic language in order to redress the vagina's culturally inherited ugliness
The Aesthetics of Orgasm
In the performance art piece 'The Aesthetics of Orgasm' I continue the exploration of erotic wisdom that is a primary feature of my scholarship and my art - which are inseparable. Grounding the piece in personal experience, childhood memories, and an amorous relationship, I create, as always in my performance art, a text-based work. Its mix of poetic language and intellect builds both a sensuous and reasoned theory of the beauty of orgasm. As I e…
Picturing the Modern Amazon
Beauty Matters
Monster/Beauty: Building the Body of Love
This daring, intensely personal book challenges both conventional and feminist ideas about beauty by asking us to take pleasure in beauty without shame, and to see and feel the erotic in everyday life. Bringing together her varied experiences as a poet, art historian, bodybuilder, and noted performance artist, Joanna Frueh shows us how to move beyond society's equation of youth with beauty toward an aesthetic for the fully erotic human being. A l…
Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective
Philosophical aesthetics and theories of art are among the last areas in which feminist critiques of traditional disciplinary assumptions are being explored. Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective examines the intellectual traditions of the philosophy of art and aesthetics. Containing essays by scholars and by the writer Marilyn French, the collection ranges from the history of aesthetic theory to a philosophical reflection on fashion. The contributi…
How Do You Play
Essay| April 01 1990 How Do You Play?: The Deviant Narratives of Kaucyila Brooke Joanna Frueh Joanna Frueh Joanna Frueh is an art critic, performance artist, and art historian. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (1990) 17 (9): 4–7. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1990.17.9.4 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn …
The Aesthetics of Orgasm
In the performance art piece 'The Aesthetics of Orgasm' I continue the exploration of erotic wisdom that is a primary feature of my scholarship and my art - which are inseparable. Grounding the piece in personal experience, childhood memories, and an amorous relationship, I create, as always in my performance art, a text-based work. Its mix of poetic language and intellect builds both a sensuous and reasoned theory of the beauty of orgasm. As I e…
How Do You Play
Essay| April 01 1990 How Do You Play?: The Deviant Narratives of Kaucyila Brooke Joanna Frueh Joanna Frueh Joanna Frueh is an art critic, performance artist, and art historian. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (1990) 17 (9): 4–7. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1990.17.9.4 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn …
Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective
Philosophical aesthetics and theories of art are among the last areas in which feminist critiques of traditional disciplinary assumptions are being explored. Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective examines the intellectual traditions of the philosophy of art and aesthetics. Containing essays by scholars and by the writer Marilyn French, the collection ranges from the history of aesthetic theory to a philosophical reflection on fashion. The contributi…
Monster/Beauty: Building the Body of Love
This daring, intensely personal book challenges both conventional and feminist ideas about beauty by asking us to take pleasure in beauty without shame, and to see and feel the erotic in everyday life. Bringing together her varied experiences as a poet, art historian, bodybuilder, and noted performance artist, Joanna Frueh shows us how to move beyond society's equation of youth with beauty toward an aesthetic for the fully erotic human being. A l…
Picturing the Modern Amazon
Beauty Matters
Vaginal Aesthetics
Based on the premise that ugliness looms large in both cultural and women's consciousness of vaginas, I create a representation of the vagina's beauty as rich and sweet. Smell, taste, and touch play predominant roles as I use scholarly analysis and my own autobiographical narratives and poems and poetic language in order to redress the vagina's culturally inherited ugliness
The Aesthetics of Orgasm
In the performance art piece 'The Aesthetics of Orgasm' I continue the exploration of erotic wisdom that is a primary feature of my scholarship and my art - which are inseparable. Grounding the piece in personal experience, childhood memories, and an amorous relationship, I create, as always in my performance art, a text-based work. Its mix of poetic language and intellect builds both a sensuous and reasoned theory of the beauty of orgasm. As I e…
Goddess of Roses
A philosophy of pleasure, a few chocolate malts, roses galore! In this performance text, Frueh is the Goddess of Roses, who observes and celebrates life through soul-and-mind-inseparable-from-body
Art (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Beauty (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (2 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works)