Look Like a Lady: Five Visual Tropes of Womanhood and How to See Ourselves Differently - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elissa Yukiko WeichbrodtTheme:Sex & Gender/FemininePublish date:9/8/2026Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Brazos PressISBN-13:9781587436925ISBN-10:1587436922UPC:9781587436925Book Category:Religion, Art, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sexuality & Gender Studies, Subjects & Themes, Women's StudiesBook Topic:ReligiousSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.431Product ID:SC2MBGGA9Q
Five Visual Tropes That Have Defined Womanhood--and the Art History That Redefines It
Images tell powerful stories about how women should look and act. And whether we notice them or not, those stories shape what women believe they're allowed to be.
In Look like a Lady, art historian Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt uses personal narrative and art history to uncover five limiting visual tropes that have quietly formed us:
● Venus the idealized body defined by the male gaze
● Vessel an empty container waiting to be filled with someone else's meaning
● Maiden young, passive, and acted upon by outside forces
● Mother a romanticized, impossible maternal ideal
● Monster the wild creature in need of taming
We may think girl bosses and body positivity have replaced tales of helpless women whose looks matter more than anything else, but scripts that set limits for women in popular culture and our faith communities persist. For every limiting story Weichbrodt explores, she uncovers an empowering counterstory from art history that reflects God's richer vision for women and women's identity--leading to healing and freedom.
Featuring full-color illustrations and the author's own hand-drawn images, Look like a Lady is for Christian women who feel disillusioned by expectations of womanhood and are ready to expand their vision of what it means to be a woman made in the image of God.
Images tell powerful stories about how women should look and act. And whether we notice them or not, those stories shape what women believe they're allowed to be.
In Look like a Lady, art historian Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt uses personal narrative and art history to uncover five limiting visual tropes that have quietly formed us:
● Venus the idealized body defined by the male gaze
● Vessel an empty container waiting to be filled with someone else's meaning
● Maiden young, passive, and acted upon by outside forces
● Mother a romanticized, impossible maternal ideal
● Monster the wild creature in need of taming
We may think girl bosses and body positivity have replaced tales of helpless women whose looks matter more than anything else, but scripts that set limits for women in popular culture and our faith communities persist. For every limiting story Weichbrodt explores, she uncovers an empowering counterstory from art history that reflects God's richer vision for women and women's identity--leading to healing and freedom.
Featuring full-color illustrations and the author's own hand-drawn images, Look like a Lady is for Christian women who feel disillusioned by expectations of womanhood and are ready to expand their vision of what it means to be a woman made in the image of God.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Brazos PressISBN-13:9781587436925ISBN-10:1587436922UPC:9781587436925Book Category:Religion, Art, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sexuality & Gender Studies, Subjects & Themes, Women's StudiesBook Topic:ReligiousSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.431Product ID:SC2MBGGA9Q
Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt (PhD, Washington University in St. Louis) is professor of art and art history at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and author of the award-winning book Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art. She has written for Christianity Today and has spoken at The Gospel Coalition Women's Conference. As a biracial Japanese-white woman, she has navigated the joys and tensions of a hybrid identity.
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