Overview

This book uncovers the overlooked history of artisanal textiles in projects aimed at social uplift and moral reform. The contributors ask what the implications of this form of gendered craft production are for our understanding of the humanitarian imagination, relations of humanitarian production and the generation of meaning and social and artistic value. It also opens a dialogue with contemporary socially-engaged textile artists to engender critical reflection on the socially-situated meaning of textile craft in past and present humanitarian contexts.

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Author:   Rebecca Gill ,  Claire Barber ,  Helen Dampier ,  Bertrand Taithe
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9781526188021

ISBN 10:   1526188023
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   07 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Claire Barber is Senior Lecturer in Textiles at the University of Huddersfield Helen Dampier is Reader in Social and Cultural History at Leeds Beckett University Rebecca Gill is Reader in Modern History at the University of Huddersfield Bertrand Taithe is Professor of History at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester

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