Parker, Rozsika.

The subversive stitch : embroidery and the making of the feminine / Rozsika Parker. - New ed. - London; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2011. - xxii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: London: Women's Press, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.

1 The Creation of Femininity -- 2 Eternalising the Feminine -- 3 Fertility, Chastity and Power -- 4 The Domestication of Embroidery -- 5 The Inculcation of Femininity -- 6 From Milkmaids to Mothers -- 7 Femininity as Feeling -- 8 A Naturally Revolutionary Art?

9781848852839 (pbk.) 1848852835 (pbk.)


Embroidery--History.
Women in art.
Femininity.

746.44082 / PAR 2011