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.
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Sun, 5 Feb 2023 | Review
by: Ava
Rich and informative, looks at the topic from many angles
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