Treasures
Subtitle: the stories women tell about the things they keep
By: Kathleen V. Cairns and Elaine Leslau Silverman.
Contributors: Silverman, Eliane Leslau.
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Calgary
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Souvenirs (Keepsakes); Women -- Canada -- History.; Collectors and collecting -- Canada -- History.; Canada -- Social life and customs.
Description: "This is a book about memory and meaning; these texts bring to light the patterns of story and emotion that women have woven around the objects they have kept and treasured, objects which in the past may have seemed unimportant. These treasures contain and reveal each woman's life experience and act as vehicles for her values and for the development of her character. They are often passed along to other women or handed down to family members, thereby connecting generations and cultivating a collective women's history. Selected from interviews with over one hundred different women, these are stories told in the women's own voices."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-376).