The subversive stitch : embroidery and the making of the feminine /

Parker, Rozsika,

The subversive stitch : embroidery and the making of the feminine / Rozsika Parker. - London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019. - 336 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Rozsika Parker's re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women and embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of female domesticity into the fine arts, created a major breakthrough in art history and criticism, and fostered the emergence of today's dynamic and expanding crafts movements.

9781350132290 (pbk.) : £14.99


Embroidery--History.
Women in art.
Femininity.
Crafts.