Woody Allen (screenplay, director)
Adrian Piper and Feminism and Narcissism and art
“Metaphysical philosophy, like Modernist criticism, has traditionally characterized woman and blacks as beholden to sensations they cannot control. Narcissism, for example, has conventionally been regarded as a feminine affliction, evident in what Kant, Freud, and others characterize as the excessive pleasure a woman takes in her bodily appearance and experience. As if to counter such stereotypes, Piper’s Hyporhesis series self consciously reflected on this method by revealing circumstances of the artists life that the generalities of Modernist criticism required her to repress. All at once, Piper demonstrates her ability to particpate in Modernism and the circumstances that preclude others from recognizing that she does.”_ Bowles
