The Book of Jane

By Jennifer Habel

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609387074
• ISBN13: 9781609387075
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.0"