Rozsika Parker's re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women and embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of female domesticity into the fine arts, created a major breakthrough in art history and criticism, and fostered the emergence of today's dynamic and expanding crafts movements. The Subversive Stitch is now available again with a new Introduction that brings the book up to date with exploration of the stitched art of Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, as well as the work of new young female and male embroiderers. Rozsika Parker 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. Beautifully illustrated, her book also discusses the contradictory nature of women's experience of embroidery: how it has inculcated female subservience while providing an immensely pleasurable source of creativity, forging links between women.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781848852839
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96282454
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
Author
Rozsika Parker
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Rozsika Parker
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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