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Quilt Culture
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Cheryl B. Torsney
Categories: Crafts & Hobbies
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: University of Missouri Press

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"As a blanket, a commemorative covering, and a work of art, the quilt is a nearly universal cultural artifact. In recent years it has been recognized as one of
Willa Cather and Material Culture
Language: en
Pages: 253
Authors: Janis P. Stout
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-02 - Publisher: University of Alabama Press

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A compilation of essays focusing on the significance of material culture to Cather’s work and Cather scholarship. Willa Cather and Material Culture is a colle
The Handbook of Textile Culture
Language: en
Pages: 577
Authors: Janis Jefferies
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-05 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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In recent years, the study of textiles and culture has become a dynamic field of scholarship, reflecting new global, material and technological possibilities. T
Amish Quilts
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Janneken Smucker
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-15 - Publisher: JHU Press

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The definitive study on the history, meaning, art, and commerce of Amish quilts. Second Place Winner of the Design and Effectiveness Award of the Washington Pub
Embodying American Slavery in Contemporary Culture
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Lisa Woolfork
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-10-01 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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This study explores contemporary novels, films, performances, and reenactments that depict American slavery and its traumatic effects by invoking a time-travel
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