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Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,326
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Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia (Paperback): Lorinda Cramer

Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia (Paperback)

Lorinda Cramer

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In gold-rush Australia, social identity was in flux: gold promised access to fashionable new clothes, a grand home, and the goods to furnish it, but could not buy gentility. Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia explores how the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters who migrated to the newly formed colony of Victoria used their needle skills as a powerful claim to social standing. Focusing on one of women's most common daily tasks, the book examines how needlework's practice and products were vital in the contest for social position in the turmoil of the first two decades of the Victorian rush from 1851. Placing women firmly at the center of colonial history, it explores how the needle became a tool for stitching together identity. From decorative needlework to household making and mending, women's sewing was a vehicle for establishing, asserting, and maintaining social status. Interdisciplinary in scope, Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia draws on material culture, written primary sources, and pictorial evidence, to create a rich portrait of the objects and manners that defined genteel goldfields living. Giving voice to women's experiences and positioning them as key players in the fabric of gold-rush society, this volume offers a fresh critical perspective on gender and textile history.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2021
Authors: Lorinda Cramer
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-1-350-23794-0
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Textile arts > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Textile industries
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
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LSN: 1-350-23794-9
Barcode: 9781350237940

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