Karin Sagner

This book is a great follow-up to Women Who Read Are Dangerous. Women Walking specifically calls out that only images from the 18th-19th century in the Western world were considered for the book, and I appreciate having my expectations set. One of the issues I had with the Reading book was that there were a lot of Japanese prints that feature women reading that weren't included, and I would've been interested in the analysis applying to Mid, South, and East Asia, and I was disappointed that they were overlooked.

The images in this book were beautiful, and they sparked an interesting discussion about what kind of women walked at what time of day and whether they were alone. So much changed in just a couple centuries; yet, the conversation is still relevant today. I found it particularly interesting how the ideal time for a woman to walk out alone got later and later as time went on. I also loved hearing about the women who climbed mountains. Such heroines!

A couple of times, I thought Sagner was making a stretch in her argument, and a few other times I wished she would get to the point. I think this book can be enjoyed by a variety of people as it touches on women's rights, walking in general, and urbanization.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I hope there's another installment in this subversive women in art series.… (más)

urante siglos, las mujeres estuvieron atadas a sus hogares y solo podían salir acompañadas. Pero a partir del siglo xix comenzaron a liberarse de sus botas de cordones y corsés y de las restricciones sociales para explorar su entorno. Sus paseos se convirtieron en auténticas declaraciones de independencia y en una manera de expresar su deseo de libertad y aventura. La autora, a partir de obras de Sorolla, James Wallace, John Singer Sergent, Gustave Coillebotte, Aristide Maillol o Gustave Courbet, cuenta la historia de esas mujeres cuyos paseos no solo les sirvieron para respirar aire fresco, sino también para descubrir el mundo.… (más)