War Imagery in Women's Textiles: An International Study of Weaving, Knitting, Sewing, Quilting, Rug Making and Other Fabric Arts (Paperback)

from GerrysBookshelf

Art historians, Deborah Deacon and Paula Calvin, have written a comprehensive book describing how women over the centuries have used textiles as a form of expression for their views on war and politics. There is so much material here that could have resulted in a much larger book, but I think the...

from mykl-s

Deacon and Calvin have written a very ambitious book, and on the whole it is a very satisfying one. In some 240 pages they introduce textile works from all over the world and from history and prehistory. They discuss professional artists like the Serbian women poets in the fifteenth century who e...

from artistlibrarian

As soon as I saw this book listed for Early Reviewers on LibraryThing, I knew I had to have it. With a background in fibers, I am always looking for scholarly books addressing textile crafts through historical and gendered perspectives. War Imagery is one of the best. Deacon and Calvin's research...

from CatsandCherryPie

I found that this book deftly weaves the story of how women throughout the world communicate their expereinces with the horrors and sadness of war and violence. Their artful handiwork is a profound expression of their feelings and abilities. Although I am more familiar with Western culture, I fou...

from brigitte64

I really enjoyed this book. I am just a recreational quilter, so I don`t know all the details about textiles, but I liked to read about the different countries. More pictures would be nice. I was not able to read the whole book but I read some chapter that I was very interested in. For example th...