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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Victoria E. Pagán , Judith W. PagePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.521kg ISBN: 9781032464077ISBN 10: 1032464070 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 30 November 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Garden Design as Feminist Ground 2. Pompeian Gardens and the Archaeological Imagination 3. The Garden’s Transformational Artifice in Valois France 4. Garden Theory, Gardening Practice: William and Dorothy Wordsworth 5. Places for the Spirit, Photographs of Traditional African American Gardens 6. On the Diagonal, through the Window: Marie Menken’s Glimpse of the Garden, 1957 and Rosalind Nashashibi’s Vivian’s Garden, 2017 7. Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell at Kew Gardens Epilogue: What If We Start with the Garden?Reviews'This notable anthology crosses disciplinary, theoretical, and racial boundaries to showcase the importance of diverse garden types, as well as the collaborative efforts to create them, especially those of women. As underscored by the authors, the significance of women in shaping garden spaces of all kinds cannot be overstated.' Annette Giesecke, Centre for Science in Society, Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, New Zealand 'The contributors to this volume view gardens as inherently collective ventures that help us understand our place in the world. Their case studies reference multiple media to document women’s contribution to gardening from antiquity to the present day. The collection will please and inform readers while advancing the feminist cause.' Stephanie Ross, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA “This notable anthology crosses disciplinary, theoretical, and racial boundaries to showcase the importance of diverse garden types, as well as the collaborative efforts to create them, especially those of women. As underscored by the authors, the significance of women in shaping garden spaces of all kinds cannot be overstated.” Annette Giesecke, Centre for Science in Society, Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, New Zealand “The contributors to this volume view gardens as inherently collective ventures that help us understand our place in the world. Their case studies reference multiple media to document women’s contribution to gardening from antiquity to the present day. The collection will please and inform readers while advancing the feminist cause.” Stephanie Ross, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA “Women and the Collaborative Art of Gardens: From Antiquity to the Present offers exciting new interdisciplinary and multi-media perspectives on how gardens have been made, enjoyed, and creatively interpreted from ancient Rome to the present. The focus on women’s role in garden-making is especially welcome. The book will appeal to all those interested in the imaginative adaptation and collaborative experience of gardens.” K. Sara Myers, University of Virginia, USA """This notable anthology crosses disciplinary, theoretical, and racial boundaries to showcase the importance of diverse garden types, as well as the collaborative efforts to create them, especially those of women. As underscored by the authors, the significance of women in shaping garden spaces of all kinds cannot be overstated."" Annette Giesecke, Centre for Science in Society, Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, New Zealand ""The contributors to this volume view gardens as inherently collective ventures that help us understand our place in the world. Their case studies reference multiple media to document women’s contribution to gardening from antiquity to the present day. The collection will please and inform readers while advancing the feminist cause."" Stephanie Ross, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA" Author InformationVictoria E. Pagán is Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, USA. Judith W. Page is Professor of English and Distinguished Teaching Scholar Emerita at the University of Florida, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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