Fray : art + textile politics / Julia Bryan-Wilson.

Author/Creator:

Bryan-Wilson, Julia, author.

Other Title:

Fray : art and textile politics

Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Format/Description:

Book
326 pages ; 27 cm

Subjects:

Vicuña, Cecilia.
Fiberwork -- Political aspects.
Art -- Political aspects -- Case studies.
Homosexuality and art -- United States.
Handicraft -- Political aspects -- United States.
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Textile crafts -- Political aspects -- Chile.
Feminism and art.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History.

Contents:

Introduction: textile politics
Queer handmaking; The Cockettes' crafty genders; Harmony Hammond goes down
Threads of protest; Cecilia Vicuña's concepts and quipus; Arpilleras, "tapestries of defamation"
Remains of the AIDS quilt, Piecing the names, 1985-1992; Crafting conflicts, 1992-present
Afterword: the currency of cloth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226077819
0226077810
9780226369822

OCLC:

967727523

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