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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"embroider"”.
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Embroidering and the Body Under Threat: Suffragette Embroidered Cloths Worked in Holloway Prison, 1911-1912
… fed. Whilst in prison some of the women hand-embroidered small, intimately scaled cloths. This research asks why, in cramped, isolated and physically threatening circumstances did the women choose to embroider through cloth? By approaching the artefacts as material objects and through a …
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If Chivalry Is Dead, Women Have Killed It
… importance to a particular idea or issue. I embroider pattern designs onto pre-manufactured clothing pattern pieces as a response to things in society that I find absurd. This body of work focuses on female iconography. The delicate nature of these materials lends themselves to feminine …
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Living With Men : A Novel
… materials. George Santayana said, "To embroider upon experience is not to bear false witness to oneself." It is a first person narrative with the general theme of family llfe, the protagonist represents the rewards and limitations of living with a man and raising young men. Her …
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The notions of ‘Zulu tribe’ and ‘Zulu nation’ and their use towards national political aspirations in South Africa
… King Shaka kaSenzangakhona used his spear to embroider together a diverse collection of tribes and clans into one might cultural quilt. The study discloses that beside its colonial imposition, the term tribe does not describe the Zulu people. The term Zulu nation appropriately describes the …
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Eighteenth Century Men's Civilian Waistcoats
A number of general studies of the history of eighteenth century men's clothing have been written by authors such as Zilla Halls, Avril Hart, and Norah Waugh. However, a cursory review of costume literature reveals a lack of academic study on specific men's garments and their history. This work …
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Η ΛΑΙΚΗ ΚΕΝΤΗΤΙΚΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΜΟΡΓΟ. (ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΤΟΥ 19ΟΥ ΑΙ. ΕΩΣ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΣΟΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ)
THIS WORK STUDIES THE POPULAR EMBROIDERY AS A FORM OF THE POPULAR CIVILIZATION IN A CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMY AND LIFE IN A TRADITIONAL SPACE, WHERE THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ECONOMY IMPLIED SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE CICIL GROUND. ALSO THIS WORK CONTAINS A CONSIDERATION OF THE DYNAMIC …