Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
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Description
Description
In this fascinating study, Rozsika Parker traces a hidden history--the shifting notions of femininity and female social roles--by unraveling the history of embroidery from medieval times until today.
About the Author
About the Author
Rozsika Parker has published widely in Art History and Psychoanalysis. Her books include Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology and Framing Feminism: Art and the Women's Movement 1970-1985 (both written with Griselda Pollock) and Torn in Two: The Experience of Maternal Ambivalence. Her latest book is The Anxious Gardener. She now practices as a psychotherapist in London.
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Pub date:
2019-06-21
Length:
336 pages
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