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I am an artist interested in how language defines the image of women
portrayed an art and women artitsts. I want to study how the
etymology of several words exclude her from the definition of artist and
limit ther to being an object on display. However, I am not a
linguist and I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me. I
think that from the histories of <u>grammer</u> and <u>glamour </u>it is
evident that the patriarchal culture continues: man acts;
woman is acted upon; <u>hero</u> saves <u>heroine</u>. The <u>muse
</u>of the <u>artistic genius</u> is a <u>fetished </u>female
<u>fantasy</u>. I don't want to intrude on your listserve, but I
have been following it since last spring and I find it very interesting
and informative. Thanks for your time and ideas.<br>
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Jill Lyon<br>
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