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The Point of the Needle - Barbara Burman

The Point of the Needle

Why Sewing Matters

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Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2023
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-719-3 (ISBN)
CHF 31,90 inkl. MwSt
Celebrating not only sewing's recent resurgence but sewists' creativity, well-being and community, this book argues for the importance of sewing in our lives today.
Tens of millions of people sew for necessity or pleasure every day, yet the craft is surprisingly under-appreciated. The Point of the Needle redresses the balance: this is a book that argues for sewing's place in our lives. It celebrates not only sewing's recent resurgence but sewists' creativity, well-being and community. Barbara Burman chronicles new voices of people who sew today, by hand or machine, to explore what they sew, what motivates them, what they value and why they mend things, revealing insights into sewing's more intimate stories. In our age of superfast fashion with its environmental and social injustices, this eloquent book makes a passionate case for identity, diversity, resilience and memory - what people create for themselves as they stitch and make.

Barbara Burman is a writer and former academic at the University of Southampton and the University of the Arts, London. She is co-author of The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900 (2019) and editor of The Culture of Sewing (1999). She is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and lives near Cambridge.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Hands, Hearts and Needles
Chapter 2: Learning to Sew
Chapter 3: A Material World
Chapter 4: In the Gently Closed Box
Chapter 5: Fruits of Our Work
Chapter 6: The Business of the Needle
Chapter 7: The Alternative Stitch
Chapter 8: Into the Fray
References
Select Bibliography
Associations and Websites
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 1 illustration
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Handarbeit / Textiles
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
ISBN-10 1-78914-719-0 / 1789147190
ISBN-13 978-1-78914-719-3 / 9781789147193
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