Rozsika Parker
Rozsika Parker | |
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| Born | 27 December 1945 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 5 November 2010 (aged 64) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Courtauld Institute |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Psychotherapy, Art History |
| Partner(s) | Andrew Samuels |
Rozsika Parker (27 December 1945 – 5 November 2010) was a British psychotherapist, art historian and writer and a feminist.[1]
Biography[]
Parker was born in London and spent her early years in Oxford, studying at Wychwood School.[1]
Between the years 1966–1969, Parker studied for a degree in the history of European art at the Courtauld Institute in London. in 1972 she joined the feminist magazine Spare Rib. She and Griselda Pollock then went on to found a feminist group, The Feminist Art History Collective. [1]
In the 1980s, Parker had two children with the Jungian analyst Andrew Samuels, a boy and a girl.[1]
Parker died in 2010 she was 64 and she had cancer.[1]
Legacy[]
In 2013, the Rozsika Parker Essay Prize was established by the British Journal of Psychotherapy.[2]
Books[]
- Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology, with Griselda Pollock (1981)
- The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (1984)
- Framing Feminism: Art and the Women's Movement 1970–1985 (1987)
- The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (1989)
- Torn in Two: Experience of Maternal Ambivalence (1995)
- Mother Love, Mother Hate: The Power of Maternal Ambivalence (1996)
- The Anxious Gardener (2006)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Petrie, Ruthie (21 November 2010). "Rozsika Parker obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "Rozsika Parker Prize". British Journal of Psychotherapy. Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1752-0118. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
External links[]
- Melissa Benn, "Deep maternal alienation", The Guardian, 28 October 2006
- "In Memoriam: Rozsika Parker, Feminist Art Historian and activist"
- Interview with Griselda Pollock about Rosie Parker, Last Word, BBC Radio 4, 3 December 2012.
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