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Stitching the Self
Identity and the Needle Arts
Johanna Amos,Lisa Binkley
- 248 pages
- English
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Stitching the Self
Identity and the Needle Arts
Johanna Amos,Lisa Binkley
About This Book
The needle arts are traditionally associated with the decorative, domestic, and feminine. Stitching the Self sets out to expand this narrow view, demonstrating how needlework has emerged as an art form through which both objects and identities â social, political, and often non-conformist â are crafted. Bringing together the work of ten art and craft historians, this illustrated collection focuses on the interplay between craft and artistry, amateurism and professionalism, and re-evaluates ideas of gendered production between 1850 and the present. From quilting in settler Canada to the embroidery of suffragist banners and the needlework of the Bloomsbury Group, it reveals how needlework is a transformative process â one which is used to express political ideas, forge professional relationships, and document shifting identities. With a range of methodological approaches, including object-based, feminist, and historical analyses, Stitching the Self examines individual and communal involvement in a range of textile practices. Exploring how stitching shapes both self and world, the book recognizes the needle as a powerful tool in the fight for self-expression.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures and Table
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Stitching the Self Johanna Amos and Lisa Binkley
- Part One Emerging Identity: Reconsidering the Narratives of the Needle
- 1 The Identity of an Embroidering Woman: The Needle Arts in Brussels, Belgium, 1850â1914 Wendy Wiertz
- 2 âExperiments in silk and gold work afterwards to bloomâ: The Embroidering of Jane Burden Morris Johanna Amos
- 3 Becoming the Boss of Your Knitting: Elizabeth Zimmermann and the Emergence of Critical Knitting M. Lilly Marsh
- 4 âKnitting is the saving of life; Adrian has taken it up tooâ: Needlework, Gender, and the Bloomsbury Group Joseph McBrinn
- Part Two Elaborating Identity: Expressing Ideology, Crafting Community
- 5 Whigâs Defeat: Stitching Settler Culture, Politics, and Identity Lisa Binkley
- 6 âFrom Prison to Citizenship,â 1910: The Making and Display of a Suffragist Banner Janice Helland
- 7 Our Lady of the Snows: Settlement, Empire, and âThe Children of Canadaâ in the Needlework of Mary Seton Watts (1848â1938) Elaine Cheasley Paterson
- Part Three Recovering Identity: Locating the Self Through Needlework
- 8 âJe me declare Dieu-MĂšre, Femme CrĂ©ateurâ: Johanna Wintschâs Needlework at the Swiss Psychiatric Asylums Burghölzli and Rheinau, 1922â1925 Sabine Wieber
- 9 Hybrid Language: The Interstitial Stitches of Anna Tormaâs Embroideries Anne Koval
- 10 Suturing My Soul: In Pursuit of the Broderie de Bayeux Janet Catherine Berlo
- Notes
- Index
- Plate Section
- Copyright