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Look like a Lady (Five Visual Tropes of Womanhood and How to See Ourselves Differently)
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Product Details
Author:
Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Baker Publishing Group (September 8, 2026)
Imprint:
Brazos Press
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781587436925
ISBN-10:
1587436922
Weight:
14.87oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
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Baker-Baker_Publishing_10.30.26-20261030.xml
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Baker
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$22.99
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60
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32
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Pages:
256
Overview
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.
