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String, felt, thread : the hierarchy of art and craft in American art / Elissa Auther.

Auther, Elissa. (Author).

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ISBN: 9780816656080 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780816656097 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0816656088 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0816656096 (pb : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxx, 247 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1: Fiber Art and the Struggle for Legitimacy -- The Category of Fiber Art -- Cultural Definitions of Textiles and the Bauhaus Weavers -- Fiber and Womens Work -- Fiber Art, the Craft Revival of the 1960s and 1970s -- Mildred Constantine and the Battle for Fiber Art -- Chapter 2: Process Art, Postminimalism, and Materiality -- Felt in the Work of Robert Morris -- The Critical Reception of the Felts -- String, Rope, and Cord in the Work of Eva Hesse -- The Reception of Hesses Work in Fiber -- Fiber, Tactility, and the Boundary Between Art and Non-Art -- Chapter 3: The Feminist Politicization of the Art/Craft Divide -- Promises and Problems of the Feminist Critique of the Hierarchy of Art and Craft -- Faith Ringgold: A Painter Who Works in the Quilt Medium -- Miriam Schapiro: The Quiet Revolution -- Ringgold, Schapiro, and the Art Worlds Appropriation of Quilting -- Harmony Hammond: The Mythic Space of the Feminine Stitch -- Judy Chicago: The Vitality of Embroidery -- Conclusion: Fiber, Craft, and Contemporary Art