Feminist Wit in 1970s Bay Area Art - She Laughs Back Book 2024 Edition | Women's Studies, Art History & Social Commentary | Perfect for College Courses & Feminist Book Clubs

O'Brien, Elaine, Kelly Lindner, ed. She Laughed Back: Feminist Wit in 1970s Bay Area Art. Sacramento: University Galleries, California State University Sacramento, 2024. New softcover square quarto, 9" x 9", 131 pp.

ISBN: 9798218454425

New softcover with pictorial gatefold wraps, text in English, forward by Kelly Lindner, essays by Elaine O'Brien and Julia Couzens. An exhibition catalogue produced on the occasion of a group show at Sacramento State University on February 6 - April 13, 2023. Featuring Bay Area artists Suzanne Adan, Dori Atlantis, Olive Ayhens, Viola Fry, Trina Robbins, Yolanda, Lopez, Gladys Nilsson, et. al. Full-color images of nineteen women artists who used humor and visual storytelling to critique and disrupt patriarchal norms. A brilliant collection of writing and images from some of the most important women artists who contributed to the radical social change taking place in Northern California in the 1970s and 80s.