Needlework, Affect and Social Transformation: The Everyday Textures of Feminist Activism

by Katja May

Needlework, Affect and Social Transformation offers an original framework for moving beyond binary discourses that class practices of needlework as either feminist or reactionary. Using transnational, contemporary case studies - such as the Social Justice Sewing Academy, fictionalised Bangladeshi garment workers as well as the famous Pussyhat Project - Katja May suggests a new approach to the interpretation of textile crafts as an affective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350283584
• ISBN13: 9781350283589
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.9"