Queering the subversive stitch : men and the culture of needlework /: men and the culture of needlework. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joseph McBrinn.
• Authors: McBrinn, Joseph
• Contents: List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgements1. 'Only sissies and women sew': an introduction 2. Needlework and the creation of masculinities: 'the prick' of patriarchy3. 'Killing the angel in the house': Victorian manliness, domestic handicrafts and homosexual panic 4. 'The mesh canvas': amateur needlecrafts, masculinity and modernism5. Masculinity and 'the politics of cloth': from the 'bad boys' of postmodern art to the 'the boys that sew club' of the new millennium6. Conclusion: 'Men who Embroider' Notes Select BibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 746.4081109; Needlework -- History; Needleworkers -- History; Men -- Identity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472578068; 9781472578075
• Related ISBNs: 9781472578051; 9781472578044
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