Elizabeth Emery, "Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth-Century France, 1853-1914" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Erin Duncan O\u2019Neill\xa0(Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma) speaks with\xa0Elizabeth Emery\xa0(Professor, Montclair State University) about Emery\u2019s recent book,\xa0Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth-Century France, 1853-1914\xa0(Bloomsbury, 2020).\nWomen figured prominently among the leading collectors and purveyors of Asian art in mid-nineteenth-century France, but scholars no longer recognize their influence. In her latest book,\xa0Reframing Japonisme,Elizabeth Emery asks us to consider their disappearance in light of the gendered dynamics at play in practices of artistic production and circulation of that period.\xa0\nShe presents\xa0a trove of materials--art objects, literary accounts, and fragmentary records scattered among diverse archives\u2014to bring renewed attention to women\u2019s contributions to the French discover of Japanese art and its celebration in museums, social settings,\xa0and the global art market. In this conversation, Emery and Duncan O\u2019Neill discuss two women at the heart of her story: an avid collector, Cl\xe9mence d\u2019Ennery,\xa0and the premier importer of Asian art with a shop on the rue de Rivoli, Louse Desoye. Emery documents their art education, commercial exchanges, and intellectual legacies alongside cogent analysis of the legal, economic,\xa0and literary forces that have conspired to obscure their contributions.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies