Carolee Schneemann: Up to and Including Her Limits
Worth buying if: You follow feminist and performance art histories closely.
Skip it if: You prefer long, heavily illustrated coffee-table retrospectives.
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Summary
This slim volume collects Schneemann’s incisive texts and images that confront embodiment, censorship, and the limits of representation, offering a direct window into her experimental art and manifesto-like voice.
Why this book now
Schneemann’s influence on performance and feminist art continues to shape contemporary debates about bodies, archives, and artistic risk.
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- You follow feminist and performance art histories closely.
- You want a concise primary-source statement from a pivotal artist.
- If you want thoughtful reflections, the story centers on warm, domestic moments.
- You prefer long, heavily illustrated coffee-table retrospectives.
- You want a strictly academic, heavily footnoted catalogue raisonné.
- You need the newest edition, freshest examples, or the most current framing.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780915557806
Worth buying if: You follow feminist and performance art histories closely.
Skip it if: You prefer long, heavily illustrated coffee-table retrospectives.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Very quick Low time commitment
At 67 pages, this is a short, intense read you can finish in an hour or two, best digested slowly to pause on images and striking passages.
What stands out here
This 2001 Distributed Art Pub Inc edition emphasizes Schneemann’s own voice—texts and reproductions that foreground her theoretical and bodily concerns rather than a biographical overview.
Best way to approach it
Read it as a primary statement: alternate between text and image, annotate provocative lines, and revisit passages to unpack layered ideas about body, labor, and visual form.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780915557806
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