The Textile Reader
The Textile Reader by Jessica Hemmings, published by Bloomsbury Academic on March 9, 2023, is a comprehensive exploration of textiles as a significant area of cultural practice and scholarly research. This second edition spans 372 pages and presents a diverse array of materials, including lectures, catalogue essays, academic articles, fiction, and poetry, along with several pieces newly available in English translation. It addresses key issues in textile studies from both critical and creative perspectives.
Readers will find content organized around themes such as touch, memory, structure, politics, and production, with a new section dedicated to the role of community. The edition features contributions from 22 new authors, including notable figures like Maria Fusco and Ursula le Guin. Extended introductions and annotated suggestions for further reading by Hemmings enhance its value as a resource for students interested in textiles, craft, and material culture.
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Addressing textiles as a distinctive area of cultural practice and field of scholarly research, The Textile Reader introduces students to the key issues essential to the exploration of the textile from both a critical and a creative perspective. The second edition brings together lectures, catalogue essays, academic articles, fiction and poetry, as well as several articles available in English translation for the first time, to capture the diversity of voices informing textile studies today.
Content is organized around the themes of touch, memory, structure, politics, and production plus a new section exploring the role of community. With 22 new contributors, this revised edition includes selected work from Maria Fusco, Ursula le Guin, Elaine Igoe, Faith Ringgold, and T’ai Smith. Extended introductions and annotated suggestions for further reading by the editor Jessica Hemmings make the second edition an invaluable resource to students of textiles, craft and material culture.
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