- Hardcover: 218 pages
- Publisher: Texas Christian University Press (August 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0875652417
- ISBN-13: 978-0875652412
- Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 798 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,068,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Theorizing that needlework represents a variety of life-sustaining bonds among individuals, generations, and traditions, Bausum investigates the role of threadworkers and their creations in human culture by surveying a broad range of literary sources containing passages related to needlecrafts. She considers threadwork from the perspectives of religion, myth, warfare, art, and technology, ranging from biblical references to clothing made in the Garden of Eden, to portrayals of threadworkers in Greek and Roman myths and Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, to references to textiles in Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. After briefly reviewing the plot of each literary work, Bausum notes references to cloth, clothing, fashion, and characters working on needlework and provides some historical background. The result, while broad, is not very deep or rewarding. A more scholarly evaluation of women's lives and their social roles through the history of needlework is Rozsika Parker's The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (1989). Not recommended. Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., NJ
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"For all serious and inquisitive students of embroidery, knitting, spinning, and weaving, this is a must-have book." -- PIECEWORK Magazine, January/February 2002
"Full of rich detail...gives readers a broad and interesting account of textiles throughout a developing Europe." -- LDB INTERIOR TEXTILES, January 2002
"[N]ine years of documented research woven into a fascinating tapestry...[I]llustrates how fabric making has altered the makers." -- Dallas Morning News, January 7, 2002
"[R]ichly annotated account....Recommended for general readers of literature, cultural history, and women's history....including graduate students, faculty, and researchers." -- CHOICE, February 2002
"Full of rich detail...gives readers a broad and interesting account of textiles throughout a developing Europe." -- LDB INTERIOR TEXTILES, January 2002
"[N]ine years of documented research woven into a fascinating tapestry...[I]llustrates how fabric making has altered the makers." -- Dallas Morning News, January 7, 2002
"[R]ichly annotated account....Recommended for general readers of literature, cultural history, and women's history....including graduate students, faculty, and researchers." -- CHOICE, February 2002
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THREADING TIME,
By WOODROW "WOODROW" (ceres, calif) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Threading Time: A Cultural History of Threadwork (Hardcover)
THE BOOK WAS VERY INTERESTING IN HOW THE AUTHOR NOTED THE MANY REFERENCES TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TEXTILES IN IDENTIFYING SOCIAL GUIDELINES. HOWEVER, I FELT THAT OTHER AREAS WERE EITHER GLOSSED OVER OR ENTIRELY LEFT OUT OF THIS BOOK. THE UTILIZATION OF PIECEMEAL WORK IN IMMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS. EG,THE BEGININGS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ILGW ASSOCIATION, AND HOW SUCCEEDING WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS(EG CHINESE)HAVE USED THIS WORK IN ESTABLIHING THEIR LIVES IN NEW COUNTRIES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFER, UNIONIZED WORKPLACES FOR INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES. THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE WAS BRIEFLY TOUCHED UPON, AS WELL AS THE WEAVERS' REVOLT. THE AUTHOR HAS ALSO FAILED TO NOTE THE SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT OF CLOTHING INDUSTRIES TO POORER NATIONS WHERE THEY ARE FREQUENTLY IN VIOLATION OF EXPLOITING NATIVE LABORERS, CHILD LABORERS, AND MAINTAINING INHUMANE WORKPLACE GUIDELINES.
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THREADING TIME,
By WOODROW "WOODROW" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Threading Time: A Cultural History of Threadwork (Hardcover)
THE BOOK WAS VERY INTERESTING IN HOW THE AUTHOR NOTED THE MANY REFERENCES TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TEXTILES IN IDENTIFYING SOCIAL GUIDELINES. HOWEVER, I FELT THAT OTHER AREAS WERE EITHER GLOSSED OVER OR ENTIRELY LEFT OUT OF THIS BOOK. THE UTILIZATION OF PIECEMEAL WORK IN IMMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS. EG,THE BEGININGS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ILGW ASSOCIATION, AND HOW SUCCEEDING WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS(EG CHINESE)HAVE USED THIS WORK IN ESTABLIHING THEIR LIVES IN NEW COUNTRIES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFER, UNIONIZED WORKPLACES FOR INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES. THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE WAS BRIEFLY TOUCHED UPON, AS WELL AS THE WEAVERS' REVOLT. THE AUTHOR HAS ALSO FAILED TO NOTE THE SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT OF CLOTHING INDUSTRIES TO POORER NATIONS WHERE THEY ARE FREQUENTLY IN VIOLATION OF EXPLOITING NATIVE LABORERS, CHILD LABORERS, AND MAINTAINING INHUMANE WORKPLACE GUIDELINES.
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