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Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939

Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939

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American women in Paris during the early twentieth century experienced cultural freedom and empowerment, leading to unprecedented freedom and autonomy. This volume features essays that trace the divergent trajectories of American women in Paris, examining the impact of race, class, and sexuality on their experiences. It also highlights the role of portraiture in articulating new conceptions of female identity. The exhibition schedule includes the National Portrait Gallery, Speed Art Museum, and Georgia Museum of Art.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 18 June 2024
Publisher: Yale University Press

A scintillating account of the cultural freedom and empowerment that American women experienced as leaders in the avant-garde scene in early twentieth-century Paris offers a captivating glimpse into the lives of sixty convention-defying women who contributed to the vibrant modernist milieu of the city. Through portraiture, Brilliant Exiles illuminates the histories of these remarkable individuals, including Berenice Abbott, Josephine Baker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Peggy Guggenheim, Romaine Brooks, and Gertrude Stein, who rose to preeminence as cultural arbiters while exploring culture-shifting experiments in fields such as art, literature, publishing, music, fashion, journalism, theater, and dance. Beautifully illustrated, Brilliant Exiles features essays that trace the divergent trajectories of American women in Paris, examining the impact of race, class, and sexuality on their experiences in the French capital. The texts also highlight the role of portraiture in articulating new conceptions of female identity that American women were at liberty to develop in Paris. Working collaboratively with their portraitists, they honed the images that would memorialize them and redefine the imagery of modern womanhood. Published in association with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, the exhibition schedule includes the National Portrait Gallery (April 26, 2024–February 23, 2025) and the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (March 29–June 22, 2025).

Weight: 1888g
Dimension: 242 x 317 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300273588

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