01 September 2007
Figuring maternity: Christine Dixie’s Parturient Prospects
Prof. Brenda Schmahmann
In this paper, published in the journal de arte no 75, Prof. Brenda Schmahmann provides a close analysis of three of the sub-sections of the exhibition ‘Parturient Prospects’ – The Interior, Birthing Tray and Parturition. In ‘Parturient Prospects’, the author reveals, Dixie situates her experiences against Western discourses, especially images from early modern Europe.