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041 _aeng
050 _aTT820 .T92 2009
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100 _aTurney, Joanne.
245 _aThe culture of knitting /
_cJoanne Turney.
250 _aEnglish ed.
260 _aOxford ; New York :
_bBerg,
_c2009.
300 _axi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
505 _aKnitting: a gendered pursuit? -- Knitting the past: revivalism, romanticism and ruralism in contemporary knitting -- Twisted yarns: postmodern knitting -- Unravelling the surface: unhomely knitting -- In the loop? Knitting narratives, biographies and identities -- Knit power: the politics of knitting -- Conclusion: Is the world full of ugly jumpers?
520 _aFrom booties and scarves to art and fashion, this work addresses knitting as art, craft, design, fashion and performance, and as an aspect of the everyday. It investigates not merely why knitting is so popular now but also the reasons why knitting has such longevity.
650 _aKnitting.
650 _aKnitting -- Miscellanea.
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