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The Subversive Stitch

- Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine

About The Subversive Stitch

Uses household accounts, women's magazines, letters, novels and the works of art themselves to trace through history how the separation of the craft of embroidery from the fine arts came to be a major force in the marginalisation of women's work. This book also discusses the contradictory nature of women's experience of embroidery.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781350132290
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 336
  • Published:
  • June 20, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 233x157x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 568 g.
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Description of The Subversive Stitch

Uses household accounts, women's magazines, letters, novels and the works of art themselves to trace through history how the separation of the craft of embroidery from the fine arts came to be a major force in the marginalisation of women's work. This book also discusses the contradictory nature of women's experience of embroidery.

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