Fray : art + textile politics / Julia Bryan-Wilson.
Fray : art + textile politics / Julia Bryan-Wilson.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
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GQ 2018/0584
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Language
English
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Physical content
326 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 27 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: textile politics -- Queer handmaking; The Cockettes' crafty genders; Harmony Hammond goes down -- Threads of protest; Cecilia Vicuña's concepts and quipus; Arpilleras, "tapestries of defamation" -- Remains of the AIDS quilt, Piecing the names, 1985-1992; Crafting conflicts, 1992-prese...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
In 1974, women in a feminist consciousness-raising group in Eugene, Oregon, formed a mock organization called the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society. Emblazoning its logo onto t-shirts, the group wryly envisioned female collective textile making as a practice that could upend conventions, threaten state structures, and wreak political havoc...
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Fray : art + textile politics / Julia Bryan-Wilson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-311) and index.
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©2017
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GQ 2018/0584
Record Identifier
74VKVoWllB3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVoWllB3g
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ISBN
9780226077819 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0226077810 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
746.08
MMS ID
991024168412702626
