Weaving the Word: The Metaphorics of Weaving and Female Textual Production
- ISBN-10
- 1575910527
- ISBN-13
- 9781575910529
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 187
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Author
- Kathryn Sullivan Kruger
Description
"Through an analysis of specific weaving stories, the difference between a text and a textile becomes blurred. Such stories portray women weavers transforming their domestic activity of making textiles into one of making texts by inscribing their cloth with both personal and political messages."--BOOK JACKET.
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