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Autore |
Bona Mary Jo |
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Titolo |
Women writing cloth : migratory fictions in the American imaginary / / Mary Jo Bona |
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Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (159 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - History and criticism |
Women in literature |
Sewing in literature |
Embroidery in literature |
Working class women in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Women Writing Cloth: An Introduction; 2 Hester's Needle; 3 Sister's Choice and Celie's Quilted Eloquence in The Color Purple; 4 The Portable Rebozo; 5 Bernardi's Openwork and Italian Women's Diasporas; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Women Writing Cloth: Migratory Fictions in the American Imaginary argues that cloth-work serves as a textual signifier of mobility and preservation, constituting a revolt against a devaluation of cultural heritage and a distrust of the self. Bona develops a new framework for examining analogies between weaving and storytelling, the flow of needlework across place and time, women's labor and status, and the power of cloth-work as both means and metaphor for cultural reintegration across borders. |
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