Women, Collecting, and Cultures Beyond Europe

This book examines collecting around the world and how women have participated in and formed collections globally.

The edited volume builds on recent research and offers a wider lens through which to examine and challenge women’s collecting histories. Spanning from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first (although not organized chronologically) the research herein extends beyond European geographies and across time periods; it brings to light new research on how artificiallia and natural...