The Book of Jane

The Book of Jane is a perceptive, tenacious investigation of gender, authority, and art. Jennifer Habel draws a contrast between the archetype of the lone male genius and the circumscribed, relational lives of women. Habel points repeatedly to discrepancies of scale: the grand arenas of Balanchine, Einstein, and Matisse are set against the female miniature--the dancer's stockings, the anonymous needlepoint, the diary entry, the inventory of a purse.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 04/01/2020
ISBN: 9781609387075
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.90w x 0.30d