by Laure Adler, Stefan Bollmann · Flammarion · tapa dura · ISBN 9782081363151
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«Les femmes qui lisent sont dangereuses» is the essay by Laure Adler and Stefan Bollmann, published by Flammarion in hardback (147 pages, in French).
Essay on the representation of women reading in Western art. It analyses paintings and photographs from the Middle Ages to today: reading gave women access to knowledge and challenged social norms. Includes works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Manet, Matisse and Hopper, and Eve Arnold's photograph of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses.
Originally published in 2005 as «Frauen, die lesen, sind gefährlich», it is the first volume in the series «Frauen, die lesen, sind...».
Work of interest to readers of art history, literary theory and gender studies.
Laure Adler is a French journalist, writer, publisher and radio/TV producer.
