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Quilting Lessons

Notes from the Scrap Bag of a Writer and Quilter

By: Janet Catherine Berlo

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Quilting Lessons

Notes from the Scrap Bag of a Writer and Quilter

By: Janet Catherine Berlo

In the middle of a successful academic career, art historian Janet Catherine Berlo found herself literally at a loss for words. A severe case of writer?s block forced her to abandon a book manuscript midstream; she found herself quilting instead. Scorning the logic, planning, and order of scholarship and writing, she immersed herself in freewheeling patterns and vivid colors. For eighteen months she spent all day, every day, quilting. This book penetrates to the very heart of women?s lives, focusing on their relationships to family and friends, to work, to daily tasks. It is a search for meaning at midlife, a search for an integration of career and creativity.

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U of Nebraska Press

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080326223X

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9780803262232

Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes

An Anthology

By: Margot Blum Schevill,Janet Catherine Berlo,Edward B. Dwyer

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Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes

An Anthology

By: Margot Blum Schevill,Janet Catherine Berlo,Edward B. Dwyer

Chapters provide detailed information on manufacturing (spinning, weaving, dyeing, decorating); communicative significance (ethnicity, identity, tradition, rank, geographic origin); and marketing and commercialization among contemporary groups of indigenous descent"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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534

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University of Texas Press

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0292777140

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9780292777149

Makers

A History of American Studio Craft

By: Janet Koplos,Bruce Metcalf

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Makers

A History of American Studio Craft

By: Janet Koplos,Bruce Metcalf

Here is the first comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States. Makers follows the development of studio craft--objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal--from its roots in nineteenth-century reform movements to the rich diversity of expression at the end of the twentieth century. More than four hundred illustrations complement this chronological exploration of the American craft tradition. Keeping as their main focus the objects and the makers, Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf offer a detailed analysis of seminal works and discussions of education, institutional support, and the philosophical underpinnings of craft. In a vivid and accessible narrative, they highlight the value of physical skill, examine craft as a force for moral reform, and consider the role of craft as an aesthetic alternative. Exploring craft's relationship to fine arts and design, Koplos and Metcalf foster a critical understanding of the field and help explain craft's place in contemporary culture. Makers will be an indispensable volume for craftspeople, curators, collectors, critics, historians, students, and anyone who is interested in American craft.

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544

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807895830

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9780807895832

Native Paths

American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker

By: Janet Catherine Berlo,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Native Paths

American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker

By: Janet Catherine Berlo,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

This catalogue includes 139 Native North American works of art that represent many peoples and a variety of materials and functions, presented here for their aesthetic value.-- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

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130

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870998579

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9780870998577

Quilting Lessons

Notes from the Scrap Bag of a Writer and Quilter

By: Janet Catherine Berlo

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Notes from the Scrap Bag of a Writer and Quilter

By: Janet Catherine Berlo

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U of Nebraska Press

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Inuit Women

Their Powerful Spirit in a Century of Change

By: Janet Mancini Billson,Kyra Mancini

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Inuit Women

Their Powerful Spirit in a Century of Change

By: Janet Mancini Billson,Kyra Mancini

Inuit Women is the definitive study of the Inuit during a time of rapid change. Based on fourteen years of research and fieldwork, this analysis focuses on the challenges facing Inuit women as they enter the twenty-first century. Written shortly after the creation of Nunavut, a new province carved out of traditional Inuit homelands in the Canadian North, this compelling book combines conclusions drawn from the authors' ethnographic research with the stories of Inuit women and men, told in their own words. In addition to their presentation of the personal portraits and voices of many Inuit respondents, Janet Mancini Billson and Kyra Mancini explore global issues: the impact of rapid social change and Canadian resettlement policy on Inuit culture; women's roles in society; and gender relations in Baffin Island, in the Eastern Arctic. They also include an extensive section on how the newly created territory of Nunavut is impacting the lives of Inuit women and their families. Working from a research approach grounded in feminist theory, the authors involve their Inuit interviewees as full participants in the process. This book stands alone in its attention to Inuit women's issues and lives and should be read by everyone interested in gender relations, development, modernization, globalization, and Inuit culture.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742535967

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9780742535961

Osage and Settler

Reconstructing Shared History through an Oklahoma Family Archive

By: Janet Berry Hess

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Osage and Settler

Reconstructing Shared History through an Oklahoma Family Archive

By: Janet Berry Hess

Drawing on a rare family archive and archival material from the Osage Nation, this book documents a unique relationship among white settlers, the Osage and African Americans in Oklahoma. The history of white settlement and colonization is often discussed in the context of the cultural erasure of, and violence perpetuated against, American Indians and enslaved blacks. Conversely, histories of American Indian nations often end with colonial conquest, and exclude the experiences of white settlers. The author's anthropological approach examines the lived experience of individuals--including her own family members--and their nuanced and intersecting relationships as they negotiate cultural and geographic landscapes of oppression and technological change. The art, architecture, body ornamentation, sacred objects, ceremonies and performances accompanying this transformation are all addressed.

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McFarland

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0786495820

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9780786495825

Indigenous Beauty

Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection

By: David W. Penney,Janet Catherine Berlo,Bruce Bernstein,Barbara Brotherton,Joseph D. Horse Capture,Susan Secakuku

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Indigenous Beauty

Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection

By: David W. Penney,Janet Catherine Berlo,Bruce Bernstein,Barbara Brotherton,Joseph D. Horse Capture,Susan Secakuku

A fully illustrated catalogue presenting new research on the objects in the exhibition will include an essay by the guest curator, David Penney, and contributions from renowned experts, offering insight into the visual and material diversity of the collection and providing a greater understanding of the social and cultural worlds from which these works came. Contributors include Janet Catherine Berlo, Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester; Bruce Bernstein, executive director of the Continuous Pathways Foundation, Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Barbara Brotherton, the curator of Native American art at the Seattle Art Museum; Joe D. Horse Capture, associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian; and Susan Secakuku, a Hopi curator and consultant for museums and cultural organizations.

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1885444443

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9781885444448

Shapeshifting

Transformations in Native American Art

By: Karen Kramer Russell,Janet Catherine Berlo,Kathleen E. Ash-Milby

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Shapeshifting

Transformations in Native American Art

By: Karen Kramer Russell,Janet Catherine Berlo,Kathleen E. Ash-Milby

Catalog of an exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass., Jan. 14-Apr. 29, 2012.

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244

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Yale University Press

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0300177321

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9780300177329

American Encounters

Art, History, and Cultural Identity

By: Angela L. Miller,Janet Catherine Berlo,Bryan Jay Wolf,Jennifer L. Roberts

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American Encounters

Art, History, and Cultural Identity

By: Angela L. Miller,Janet Catherine Berlo,Bryan Jay Wolf,Jennifer L. Roberts

American Encounters provides a narrative of the history of American art that focuses on historical encounters among diverse cultures, upon broad structural transformations such as the rise of the middle classes and the emergence of consumer and mass culture, and on the fluid conversations between "high" art and vernacular expressions. The text emphasizes the intersections among cultures and populations, as well as the exchanges, borrowings, and appropriations that have enriched and vitalized our collective cultural heritage"--Washington University Open Scholarship website, viewed February 21, 2018.

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1941823130

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Quilting Lessons

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Inuit Women

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Indigenous Beauty

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