02543nam 2200577 450 991081886420332120170919045552.01-4985-2586-5(CKB)3710000000500698(EBL)4086542(SSID)ssj0001571568(PQKBManifestationID)16221837(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001571568(PQKBWorkID)14805871(PQKB)10593158(MiAaPQ)EBC4086542(EXLCZ)99371000000050069820151211h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen writing cloth migratory fictions in the American imaginary /Mary Jo BonaLanham, [Maryland] :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (159 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-2585-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorWomen 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.American fictionHistory and criticismWomen in literatureSewing in literatureEmbroidery in literatureWorking class women in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Women in literature.Sewing in literature.Embroidery in literature.Working class women in literature.813.009/9287Bona Mary Jo1616743MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818864203321Women writing cloth4001636UNINA