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Queering the subversive stitch : men and the culture of needlework / Joseph McBrinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McBrinn, Joseph, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Male domination (Social structure).
- Masculinity.
- Needlework--Social aspects.
- Needlework.
- Queer theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Queering the Subversive Stitch is the first book to unpick the construction of masculinity through an analysis of how and why men engage with needlework"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "Only sissies and women sew": an introduction
- Needlework and the creation of masculinities: "the prick" of patriarchy
- "Killing the angel in the house": Victorian manliness, domestic handicrafts and homosexual panic
- "The mesh canvas": amateur needlecrafts, masculinity and modernism
- Masculinity and "the politics of cloth": from the "bad boys" of postmodern art to the "the boys that sew club" of the new millennium
- Conclusion: "Men who embroider.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781474286084
- 1474286089
- 9781472578075
- 1472578074
- 9781472578068
- 1472578066
- OCLC:
- 1238133586
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