They were not confined to being the Angel in the home, and they did not all live in Europe. In this collection of 12 essays, contributors describe the contributions of nineteenth-century women in Australia, the imperial court of China, south Asia, the harems of the Ottoman empire, the studios of Paris, the salons of patrons in England, amongst the native and settler souvenir artists, in Ireland, in North American textiles and neoclassical sculpture, and in Mexico. Here we find women portrait painters at the court of an empress, women artists in India in practice and finding patronage, the theatricality and artistry surrounding Saran Bernhardt, the role of colonialism in material culture, the negotiation of identity, the role of the quilt in female artistry, the regulation of race, and strategies of representation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)