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'''Rozsika Parker''' (27 December 1945 &ndash; 5 November 2010) was a British psychotherapist, art historian and writer and a feminist.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|last1=Petrie|first1=Ruthie|title=Rozsika Parker obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/21/rozsika-parker-obituary|website=The Guardian|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref>
'''Rozsika Parker''' (27 December 1945 – 5 November 2010) was a British psychotherapist, art historian and writer and a feminist.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news| last=Petrie | first=Ruthie | title=Rozsika Parker obituary | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/21/rozsika-parker-obituary| newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | date=21 November 2010 | accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref>


== Biography ==
==Biography==
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Parker was born in [[London]] and spent her early years in [[Oxford]], studying at [[Wychwood School]].<ref name="Guardian"/>


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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. <ref name="Guardian"/>
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Parker was born in [[London]] and spent her early years in [[Oxford]], studying at the Wychwood School.<ref name="Guardian"/>


In the 1980s, Parker had two children with the Jungian analyst [[Andrew Samuels]], a boy and a girl.<ref name="Guardian"/>
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Between the years 1966-1969 she 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. <ref name="Guardian"/>


In the 1980s Parker had two children with the Jungian analyst [[Andrew Samuels]], a boy and a girl. <ref name="Guardian"/>
Parker died in 2010 at age 64 of cancer.<ref name="Guardian"/>

Parker died in 2010, aged 64, of cancer.<ref name="Guardian"/>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
In 2013 the ''Rozsika Parker Essay Prize'' was established by the British Journal of Psychotherapy.<ref name="bjp">{{cite web|title=Rozsika Parker Prize|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1752-0118/homepage/roziska_parker_prize.htm|website=British Journal of Psychotherapy|publisher=Wiley Online Library|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref>
In 2013, the ''Rozsika Parker Essay Prize'' was established by the British Journal of Psychotherapy.<ref name="bjp">{{cite web| title=Rozsika Parker Prize | url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1752-0118/homepage/roziska_parker_prize.htm | website=British Journal of Psychotherapy | publisher=Wiley Online Library | accessdate=23 December 2017 | doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1752-0118 }}</ref>


Parker's contention that embroidery was a way to educate women and a weapon for resistance helped develop computational fiber arts as Anastasia Salter notes in her essay, Re:traced Threads: Generating Feminist Textile Art with Tracery.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Salter |first=Anastasia |date=3 May 2020 |title=Electronic Book Review |doi=10.7273/dped-gd56 |url=https://doi.org/10.7273/dped-gd56 }}</ref>
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== Books ==

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* ''The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine''
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==Books==
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* ''The Anxious Gardener''
* ''Framing Feminism: Art and the Women's Movement 1970-1985'' (1987)
*''Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology'', with [[Griselda Pollock]] (1981)
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*''The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (1984)''
* ''Framing Feminism: Art and the Women's Movement 1970–1985'' (1987)
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*''The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine'' (1989)
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*''Torn in Two: Experience of Maternal Ambivalence'' (1995)
* ''Mother Love, Mother Hate: The Power of Maternal Ambivalence'' (1996)
* ''Mother Love, Mother Hate: The Power of Maternal Ambivalence'' (1996)
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*''The Anxious Gardener (2006)''
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* ''The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine'' (1989)

* ''Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology'', with [[Griselda Pollock]](1981)
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==References==
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* ''Torn in Two: Experience of Maternal Ambivalence'' (1995)
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== External links ==
==External links==
* Melissa Benn, [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/28/familyandrelationships.family2 "Deep maternal alienation"], ''The Guardian'', 28 October 2006
* Melissa Benn, [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/28/familyandrelationships.family2 "Deep maternal alienation"], ''The Guardian'', 28 October 2006
* [http://ayearofpositivethinking.com/2010/11/22/in-memoriam-rozsika-parker-feminist-art-historian-and-activist/ "In Memoriam: Rozsika Parker, Feminist Art Historian and activist"]
* [http://ayearofpositivethinking.com/2010/11/22/in-memoriam-rozsika-parker-feminist-art-historian-and-activist/ "In Memoriam: Rozsika Parker, Feminist Art Historian and activist"]
* Interview with Griselda Pollock about Rosie Parker, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w7f8k ''Last Word''], BBC Radio 4, 3 December 2012.
* Interview with Griselda Pollock about Rosie Parker, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w7f8k ''Last Word''], BBC Radio 4, 3 December 2012.

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Latest revision as of 15:11, 8 June 2024

Rozsika Parker
Born(1945-12-27)27 December 1945
London, United Kingdom
Died5 November 2010(2010-11-05) (aged 64)
NationalityBritish
Known forPainting
MovementPsychotherapy, Art History
PartnerAndrew Samuels

Rozsika Parker (27 December 1945 – 5 November 2010) was a British psychotherapist, art historian and writer and a feminist.[1]

Biography

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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 at age 64 of cancer.[1]

Legacy

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In 2013, the Rozsika Parker Essay Prize was established by the British Journal of Psychotherapy.[2]

Parker's contention that embroidery was a way to educate women and a weapon for resistance helped develop computational fiber arts as Anastasia Salter notes in her essay, Re:traced Threads: Generating Feminist Textile Art with Tracery.[3]

Books

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c d e Petrie, Ruthie (21 November 2010). "Rozsika Parker obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Rozsika Parker Prize". British Journal of Psychotherapy. Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1752-0118. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ Salter, Anastasia (3 May 2020). "Electronic Book Review". doi:10.7273/dped-gd56. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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