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Quilting

By Stalp, Marybeth C.

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Quilting

By Stalp, Marybeth C.

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Quilting, once regarded as a traditional craft, has broken through the barriers of history, art and commerce to become a global phenomenon, international multi-billion dollar industry and means of gendered cultural production. In Quilting, sociologist and quilter Marybeth C. Stalp explores how and why women quilt.This close ethnographic study illustrates that women's lives can be transformed in often surprising ways by the activity and art of quilting. Some women who quilt as a leisure pastime are too afraid to admit to being a quilter for fear of ridicule; others boldly identify themselves as quilters and regard it as part of their everyday lives.The place of quilting in women's lives affects core family and personal identity issues such as marriage, childcare, friendship and aging. The book's accessible and intimate portrayal of real quilters' lives provides a fabric for the sociology, anthropology and textile student to understand more about wider issues of cultural production and identity that stem from this very personal pastime.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
186
Release Date:
2008-02-19
Publication Date:
2007-12-01
Publisher:
Berg 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
184520655X
ISBN13:
9781845206550
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
332 g
Height:
170 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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