The culture of knitting
By: Joanne Turney.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781845205928; 9781845205911
Subjects: Knitting; Knitting -- Miscellanea; Knitters (Persons) -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Knitting: a gendered pursuit?; title: Knitting the past: revivalism, romanticism and ruralism in contemporary knitting; title: Twisted yarns: postmodern knitting; title: Unravelling the surface: unhomely knitting; title: In the loop? Knitting narratives, biographies and identities; title: Knit power: the politics of knitting; title: Conclusion: Is the world full of ugly jumpers?