Threads of Life
By
Clare Hunter
Read by
Siobhan Hunter,
Siobhan Redmond
Release:
04/06/2021
Release:
04/06/2021
Release:
04/06/2021
Release:
04/06/2021
Runtime:
12h 40m
Runtime:
12h 40m
Runtime:
12h 40m
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Redmond uses an even pace and tone for academic details, such as the origin of a medieval tapestry, and speeds up and adds vocal variety when describing Hunter's excitement at seeing such notable works up close.
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A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard.
From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.
Threads of Life is a chronicle of identity, protest, memory, power, and politics told through the stories of needlework. Clare Hunter, master of the craft, threads her own narrative as she takes us over centuries and across continents—from medieval France to contemporary Mexico and the United States, and from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland—to celebrate the age-old, universal, and underexplored beauty and power of sewing. Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we have to tell our story.
From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.
Threads of Life is a chronicle of identity, protest, memory, power, and politics told through the stories of needlework. Clare Hunter, master of the craft, threads her own narrative as she takes us over centuries and across continents—from medieval France to contemporary Mexico and the United States, and from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland—to celebrate the age-old, universal, and underexplored beauty and power of sewing. Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we have to tell our story.
Release:
2021-04-06
2021-04-06
2021-04-06
2021-04-06
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
12h 40m
12h 40m
12h 40m
12h 40m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.95 lb
0.5 lb
0.98 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781666103229
9798200158775
9798200158782
9798200158768
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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