A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress

By: Alison Hawthorne Deming

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Synopsis: Part memoir, part cultural history, A Woven World celebrates the fading crafts, industries, and artisans that have defined communities for generations.The desire to create is the cornerstone of civilization. But as we move into a world where machine manufacturing has nearly usurped craft, Alison Hawthorne Deming resists the erasure of our shared history of handiwork with this appeal for embracing continuity and belonging in a time of destabilizing change.Sensing a need to preserve the crafts and stories of our founding communities, and inspired by an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art&’s Costume Institute featuring Yves St. Laurent&’s &“sardine&” dress, Deming turned to the industries of her ancestors, both the dressmakers and designers in Manhattan in the nineteenth century and the fishermen on Grand Manan Island, a community of 2,500 residents, where the dignity of work and the bounty of the sea ruled for hundreds of years. Reweaving the fabric of those lives, A Woven World gives presence on the page to the people, places, and practices, uncovering and preserving a record of the ingenuity and dignity that comes with such work. In this way the lament becomes a song of praise and a testament to the beauty and fragility of human making.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 256 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781640094833
Related ISBNs:: 9781640094826
Publisher:: Catapult
Date of Addition:: 08/24/21
Copyrighted By:: Alison Hawthorne Deming
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Business and Finance, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.