LEADER 02543nam 2200577 450 001 9910818864203321 005 20170919045552.0 010 $a1-4985-2586-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000500698 035 $a(EBL)4086542 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001571568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16221837 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001571568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14805871 035 $a(PQKB)10593158 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4086542 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000500698 100 $a20151211h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen writing cloth $emigratory fictions in the American imaginary /$fMary Jo Bona 210 1$aLanham, [Maryland] :$cLexington Books,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4985-2585-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aWomen 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. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen in literature 606 $aSewing in literature 606 $aEmbroidery in literature 606 $aWorking class women in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 615 0$aSewing in literature. 615 0$aEmbroidery in literature. 615 0$aWorking class women in literature. 676 $a813.009/9287 700 $aBona$b Mary Jo$01616743 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818864203321 996 $aWomen writing cloth$94001636 997 $aUNINA