{"product_id":"enchanted-lives-enchanted-objects-9780520237292","title":"Enchanted Lives Enchanted Objects","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers feminist analysis of the phenomenon of women art collectors in America. This book shows how elite women enlisted the objets d'art and avant-garde paintings in their collections in causes ranging from the founding of modern museums to the campaign for women's suffrage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A valuable addition to our belated understanding of the crucial role that women played outside the studio and inside the museum.\" -- Robert Moeller Artnet Magazine \"Brings to life the idea of the female collector and the limitless horizons that collecting embodied as ... expression.\" Choice: Current Reviews For Academic Libraries \"Macleod deftly demonstrates that collecting art served these women as a catalyst for fostering self-awareness, independence, and engagement with the public sphere.\" Journal Of American History \"The work is a welcome addition to the literature on collecting. It should prompt spirited discussion.\" -- Bruce A. Austin New York-Pennsylvania Collector \"Enchanted Lives, Enchanted Objects will captivate scholars in many fields.\" -- Laura R. Prieto CAA Reviews \"An impressive piece of scholarship on the gendered and heterogeneous nature of collecting.\" American Historical Review","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402818953559,"sku":"9780520237292","price":56.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/enchanted-lives-enchanted-objects-9780520237292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}