{"product_id":"women-among-monuments-9781459752627","title":"Women Among Monuments","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyrical meditation on the enduring obstacles women artists and writers face in a world still unaccustomed to recognizing female genius.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVoted the Next Picasso in her rural high school's yearbook, South-African Canadian author Kasia Van Schaik considers what it means for a young woman to take up a mantle usually reserved for white heterosexual male genius. Drawing on a diverse web of literary and cultural sources and artistic icons, from Michelangelo to Ana Mendieta, Gauguin to Gertrude Stein, and Alice Walker to Alice Munro, \u003cem\u003eWomen Among Monuments\u003c\/em\u003e asks what, beyond a room of one's own, are the necessary conditions for female genius? Where does the inner flint of artistic permission come from? What is the oxygen that keeps it burning?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through her lyrical biographies of female solitude, constraint, and perseverance, Kasia Van Schaik blazes a path for more inclusive artmaking practices, communities, and monuments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RARE MACHINES BOOK","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515754733911,"sku":"9781459752627","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-among-monuments-9781459752627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}