النساء بين المعالم الأثرية العزلة، والإذن، والسعي وراء العبقرية الأنثوية

A poetic reflection on the constant obstacles that female artists and writers face in a world that is still not accustomed to appreciating women’s genius. What does it take for a woman to hold the title of genius, a title that has always been reserved for male artists? From her studies in Montreal to a futureless job in Berlin, an overnight tour in Paris, a bankrupt artist residency in the Toronto Islands, and a mysterious sculpture garden in the Karoo Desert, South African-Canadian writer and professor Cassia van Schaik reflects on what it means for a young woman to call herself an artist and declare a creative life. Drawing on a diverse network of literary and cultural sources and artistic icons - from Georgia O'Keeffe to Ana Mendieta, from Gertrude Stein to Jamaica Kincaid, from Leslie Marmon Silko to Bernadette Mayer - Women Among Landmarks asks: What are the necessary conditions for female genius, outside of a space of her own? Where does the spark of artistic permission come from? What is the fuel that keeps it going? In memoirs interwoven with insightful autobiographies about female isolation, limitation, and perseverance, Van Schaik blazes a trail toward more inclusive artistic practices, communities, and monuments.