Art & Gender

With essays on a range of fiber art practices, including embroidery, knitting, crocheting, machine stitching, rug making, weaving, and quilting, this collection contributes to the ongoing scholarly redefinition of women's relationship to creative activity. Focusing on women as producers of cultural ..

Explored in this volume are women's material practices, which range from production within the fields of fine and decorative arts, including needlework and sculpture, to the bricoleur's re-use of natural and fabricated objects in such activities as fancy work, paper arts, and scrapbooking. Also, the..

Explored in this volume are women's material practices, which range from production within the fields of fine and decorative arts, including needlework and sculpture, to the bricoleur's re-use of natural and fabricated objects in such activities as fancy work, paper arts, and scrapbooking. Also, the..

Explored in this volume are women's material practices, which range from production within the fields of fine and decorative arts, including needlework and sculpture, to the bricoleur's re-use of natural and fabricated objects in such activities as fancy work, paper arts, and scrapbooking. Also, the..

Applying a feminist and international approach to the interwar years (1918-1939), this collection explores women's art in a variety of mediums including design, print, illustration, murals, poster art, costume design, film, sculpture, and painting. These essays place a central concern on the history..

Applying a feminist and international approach to the interwar years (1918-1939), this collection explores women's art in a variety of mediums including design, print, illustration, murals, poster art, costume design, film, sculpture, and painting. These essays place a central concern on the history..

Applying a feminist and international approach to the interwar years (1918-1939), this collection explores women's art in a variety of mediums including design, print, illustration, murals, poster art, costume design, film, sculpture, and painting. These essays place a central concern on the history..

Adding to our understanding of works of art, their meanings, and functions, this essay collection looks at examples of women as artists, commissioners, collectors, and subjects from across Asia. Contributions are concerned with such questions as: How unusual was it for women to engage directly with ..