Description: Breaking the Bronze Ceiling comprehensively assesses the portrayal of women in public art and offers a fervent plea to address the severe underrepresentation of women in memorials.
Brief description: Daniel Herwitz lived and taught in South Africa during the moment of democratic transition and splits his time between Ann Arbor and Cape Town. He is Fredric Huetwell Professor of Compar-ative Literature, Philosophy and History of Art at the University of Michigan where from 2002 to 2012 he directed the Institute for the Humanities. He has written widely on contemporary art, culture, and politics in a cosmopolitan way, on philosophical aesthetics, and on transitional justice. His latest book is The Political Power of Visual Art (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021).
Review Quotes: Reassesses the role of women in public art, with a particular focus on the lack of female memorials around the world.-- "Publishers Weekly"