{"id":67906,"date":"2023-12-14T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/?p=67906"},"modified":"2023-12-19T10:27:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:27:51","slug":"monica-sjoo-the-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/monica-sjoo-the-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica Sj\u00f6\u00f6: The Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amy Budd, the co-curator of our current exhibition, shares the inspiration and research behind the show, and the key texts that shaped their understanding of Monica Sj\u00f6\u00f6&#8217;s work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Monica Sj\u00f6\u00f6: Life and Letters 1958-2005<\/em>, by Rupert White<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Monica-Sjoo-Life-and-Letters-1958-2005-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of the book 'Monica Sj\u00f6\u00f6: Life and Letters 1958-2005' showing a black and white photograph of Monica sitting cross-legged beneath her painting 'God Giving Birth'. \" class=\"wp-image-67907 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Monica-Sjoo-Life-and-Letters-1958-2005-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Monica-Sjoo-Life-and-Letters-1958-2005-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Monica-Sjoo-Life-and-Letters-1958-2005-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Monica-Sjoo-Life-and-Letters-1958-2005-613x920.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Monica-Sjoo-Life-and-Letters-1958-2005.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Monica Sjoo was a passionate and outspoken pioneer of feminist art and female spirituality. This book brings together her diaries, writing and correspondence in a way that demonstrates the full range of her influence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/online-shop\/product\/monica-sjoo-life-and-letters-1958-2005-rupert-white-foreword-by-zsuzsanna-budapest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth<\/em> by Monica Sj\u00f6\u00f6 and Barbara Mor<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Great-Cosmic-Mother-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67908 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Great-Cosmic-Mother-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Great-Cosmic-Mother-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Great-Cosmic-Mother-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Great-Cosmic-Mother-615x920.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Great-Cosmic-Mother.jpg 1003w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 685px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 685\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/online-shop\/product\/the-great-cosmic-mother-rediscovering-the-religion-of-the-earth-monica-sjoo-barbara-mor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The White Goddess <\/em>by Robert Graves<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-White-Goddess-2-642x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67911 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-White-Goddess-2-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-White-Goddess-2-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-White-Goddess-2-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-White-Goddess-2-577x920.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-White-Goddess-2.jpg 941w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 642px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 642\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves&#8217;s vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/White-Goddess-Historical-Grammar-Poetic\/dp\/0571174256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Living Goddess<\/em>es by Maria Gimbutas<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Living-Goddess-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67912 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Living-Goddess-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Living-Goddess-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Living-Goddess-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Living-Goddess-644x920.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Living-Goddess.jpg 952w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 717px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 717\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>The Living Goddesses<\/em>&nbsp;crowns a lifetime of innovative, influential work by one of the twentieth-century&#8217;s most remarkable scholars. Marija Gimbutas wrote and taught with rare clarity in her original-and originally shocking-interpretation of prehistoric European civilization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Living-Goddesses-Marija-Gimbutas\/dp\/0520229150\/ref=sr_1_13?crid=2FLEGHLR4CW0T&amp;keywords=monica+sjoo&amp;qid=1669804672&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=monica+sjoo%2Cstripbooks%2C95&amp;sr=1-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981-2000<\/em> by Kate Kerrow and Rebecca Mordan<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Out-of-the-Darkness-Greenham-Voices.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67913 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Out-of-the-Darkness-Greenham-Voices.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Out-of-the-Darkness-Greenham-Voices-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Out-of-the-Darkness-Greenham-Voices-614x920.jpg 614w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Out of the Darkness<\/em>&nbsp;reunites the women of Greenham to share their recollections of the highs and lows of camp life, explore how they organised, and uncover the non-violent ways they challenged military, police and cultural forces, all in the name of peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/online-shop\/product\/out-of-the-darkness-greenham-voices-1981-2000-kate-kerrow-rebecca-mordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Greenham Common: Women at the Wire <\/em>by Barbara Harford and Sarah Hopkins, eds<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Greenham-Common-Women-at-the-Wire-655x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67914 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Greenham-Common-Women-at-the-Wire-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Greenham-Common-Women-at-the-Wire-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Greenham-Common-Women-at-the-Wire-768x1200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Greenham-Common-Women-at-the-Wire-589x920.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Greenham-Common-Women-at-the-Wire.jpg 960w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 655px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 655\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The writing of more than 50 women covers, in chronological order, the events that brought women to Greenham and the actions that took place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Greenham-Common-Women-at-Wire\/dp\/0704339269\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=136KX09VP2IOR&amp;keywords=Greenham+Common%3A+Women+at+the+Wire&amp;qid=1669805211&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=greenham+common+women+at+the+wire+%2Cstripbooks%2C136&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World<\/em> by Jennifer Higgie<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Other-Side.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67915 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Other-Side.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Other-Side-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Other-Side-598x920.jpg 598w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/1000;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sharing her own memories of otherworldly experiences, Jennifer Higgie discusses the solace of ritual, the gender exclusions of art history, the contemporary relevance of myth, the boom in alternative ways of understanding the world and the impact of spiritualism on feminism and contemporary art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/online-shop\/product\/the-other-side-jennifer-higgie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Feminine Mystique <\/em>by Betty Friedan<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Feminine-Mystique-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67918 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Feminine-Mystique-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Feminine-Mystique-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Feminine-Mystique-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Feminine-Mystique-600x920.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Feminine-Mystique.jpg 978w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 668px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 668\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This groundbreaking and life-changing work remains just as powerful, important and true as it was nearly fifty years ago, and is essential reading both as a historical document and as a study of women living in a man&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/online-shop\/product\/the-feminine-mystique-betty-friedan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Second Sex <\/em>by Simone de Beauvoir<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Second-Sex-1-667x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67920 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Second-Sex-1-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Second-Sex-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Second-Sex-1-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Second-Sex-1-599x920.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Second-Sex-1.jpg 977w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 667px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 667\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Simone de Beauvoir famously wrote, &#8216;One is not born, but rather becomes, woman&#8217;. In this groundbreaking work of feminism she examines the limits of female freedom and explodes our deeply ingrained beliefs about femininity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/online-shop\/product\/the-second-sex-simone-de-beauvoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation <\/em>by Silvia Federici<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Caliban-and-the-Witch-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67921 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Caliban-and-the-Witch-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Caliban-and-the-Witch-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Caliban-and-the-Witch-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Caliban-and-the-Witch-600x920.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Caliban-and-the-Witch.jpg 978w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 668px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 668\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century,&nbsp;<em>Caliban and the Witch<\/em>&nbsp;is Silvia Federici&#8217;s history of the body in the transition to capitalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/online-shop\/product\/caliban-and-the-witch-silvia-federici\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover Monica Sj\u00f6\u00f6&#8217;s work for yourself in our <a href=\"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/whats-on\/monica-sjoo\">ongoing exhibition<\/a>. 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