Threads of life : a history of the world through the eye of a needle
Clare Hunter (Author)
From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances. Hunter chronicles how identity, protest, memory, power, and politics can be told through the stories of needlework. She takes us over centuries and across continents to celebrate the age-old, universal, and under-explored beauty and power of sewing. -- adapted from jacket
History
xi, 306 pages ; 22 cm
9781419739538, 1419739530
1121629620
Beginning
Unknown
Power
Frailty
Captivity
Identity
Connection
Protect
Journey
Protest
Loss
Community
Place
Value
Art
Work
Voice
Ending