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OverviewThis exciting journal brings together research in textiles in an innovative and distinctive academic forum, and will be of interest to all those who share a multifaceted view of textiles within an expanded field. Representing a dynamic and wide-ranging set of critical practices, it provides a platform for points of departure between art and craft; gender and identity; cloth, body and architecture; labour and technology; techno-design and practice -- all situated within the broader contexts of material and visual culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pennina Barnett , Doran RossPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Berg Publishers Volume: v.5 Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.218kg ISBN: 9781845206109ISBN 10: 184520610 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 01 March 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contents* Dialog A Journey for Cloth Nadim Chaudry * Needled Women: Representations of Male Conduct in Mapula Embroideries Brenda Schmahmann * May I touch it? Marilyn DeLong and Mingxin Bao * Politics and Trade in Design: Emmy Zweybruck-Prochaska's Influential Textile Designs in Needlework Development Scheme Collections Sandra Heffernan * Maja Bajevic: The Matrix of Memory Bojana PejicReviewsWinner of the ALPSP/Charlesworth Award for Best New Journal 2005'This journal has a lot going for it. It is easy to handle, well printed on good paper, imaginatively designed. Any university or college with an interest in textiles should subscribe to it and make it easily available. For individual scholars and makers, the journal provides a useful resource and will be a pleasure to collect and possess.'Times Higher Education'I welcome this journal as an exciting event, which has been long overdue. It provides a window into the vast field of textiles, which is the very fabric of our life.'Jasleen Dhamija, Independent Scholar'Textile aims to publish cutting-edge research into the meanings of cloth, within the broadest context of material and visual culture. On this first showing, the publication is not only academic but accessible, with diverse contributions presented in a readable format Textile shows that wider cultural interest in 'the crafts' comes when we dare to move Winner of the ALPSP/Charlesworth Award for Best New Journal 2005 'This journal has a lot going for it. It is easy to handle, well printed on good paper, imaginatively designed. Any university or college with an interest in textiles should subscribe to it and make it easily available. For individual scholars and makers, the journal provides a useful resource and will be a pleasure to collect and possess.' Times Higher Education 'I welcome this journal as an exciting event, which has been long overdue. It provides a window into the vast field of textiles, which is the very fabric of our life.' Jasleen Dhamija, Independent Scholar 'Textile aims to publish cutting-edge research into the meanings of cloth, within the broadest context of material and visual culture. On this first showing, the publication is not only academic but accessible, with diverse contributions presented in a readable format Textile shows that wider cultural interest in 'the crafts' comes when we dare to move Author InformationPennina Barnett teaches at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Doran Ross is Director of the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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