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The subversive stitch : embroidery and the making of the feminine / Rozsika Parker.

By: Parker, Rozsika.
Publisher: London; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2011Edition: New ed.Description: xxii, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781848852839 (pbk.); 1848852835 (pbk.).Subject(s): Embroidery -- History | Women in art | FemininityDDC classification: 746.44082
Contents:
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?
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Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 4, Shelf 32 , Side 1, TierNo 1, BayNo 8

746.44082 PAR 2011 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,27000,02,GR 5000122737

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?