Women in the arts : eccentric essays II / edited by Barbara Harbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harbach, Barbara, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women artists--United States.

Women artists.

Women artists--Catalogs.

Women artists--Exhibitions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is there a need for books about women in the arts, exhibitions of women painters, readings of women's poetry, concerts of music by women composers, and conferences highlighting women in the arts? One might believe that, today, the playing field is level, but categories still place the word "woman" before the discipline: woman composer, woman poet, woman artist, and so on. The ultimate goal is to move the debate away from gender categories which reinforce the notion that men's creativity is not only the norm but better. There are many women challenging the status quo, and succeeding. Change com

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; WOMEN IN LITERATURE; PICTURES AT AN EXPOSITION; GONE WITH THE WIND?; DOS AND DON'TS FOR GROWING UPINMACHOLAND; TRUTH IN FICTION; WOMEN IN POETRY; FIRST LESSONS; JUMPING THE FENCE; ON THE SIDEWALK; CARIBEÑA; ONCE UPON A WOMAN; FOOTBALL AT ROOSEVELT HIGH; INVITATION TO MS. BRIGIT PEGEEN KELLY; THE TOOTH COLLECTOR; THIN PLACE; WOMEN IN MUSIC; I SHALL HOLD TO LIFE; BOULANGER AND TALMA,WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE TWENTIETHCENTURYAMERICAN MUSICAL LANDSCAPE; ROSEMARY NALDEN; REPRESENTATION OF ANCIENT GREEKAND BYZANTINE WOMEN THROUGH THE EYESOF CONTEMPORARY MALE CREATORS

INFLUENCES LEADINGTO INSTRUMENT SELECTIONWOMEN IN ART; THE ASTRONOMER'S DREAM; CELESTIAL SHADOW; OUT OF THE ASH; TILTED ORBIT; EPHEMERIS; NASCENT STARS; PHOTOGRAM; THE OMEN; POSING NUDE, PRODUCING AN OBJECT,PERFORMING A SUBJECT; WOMEN IN EDUCATION; ARTIST IDENTITY AND TEACHING PRACTICE; FOSTERING OLDER ADULTS' ENGAGEMENTIN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH LIFELONGMUSICMAKING EXPERIENCES; CONTRIBUTORS; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 13, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7591-0

OCLC:

904424981