Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters

Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters
ISBN-10
1604731311
ISBN-13
9781604731316
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2009-01-01
Publisher
Univ. Press of Mississippi
Author
Patricia Ann Turner

Description

"Turner also probes the ways in which African American quilts and quilters have been depicted, discussed, criticized, and characterized. From the displays of Harriet Powers's creations at the turn of the twentieth century to the contemporary exhibits of such black art-quilts as those promoted by Carolyn Mazloomi, and such utilitarian expressions as the celebrated examples from Gee's Bend, Alabama, Turner uses quilts to assess the level of control African Americans have had or have not had over the materials they craft and the art they leave as legacy to new generations."--BOOK JACKET.

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