Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction 2009
1 The Creation of Femininity
2 Eternalising the Feminine
3 Fertility, Chastity and Power
4 The Domestication of Embroidery
5 The Inculcation of Femininity
6 From Milkmaids to Mothers
7 Femininity as Feeling
8 A Naturally Revolutionary Art?
Notes to chapters
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Promotional Information

Uses household accounts, women's magazines, letters, novels and the works of art themselves to trace through history how the separation of the craft of embroidery from the fine arts came to be a major force in the marginalisation of women's work. This book also discusses the contradictory nature of women's experience of embroidery.

About the Author

Rozsika Parker has published widely in Art History and Psychoanalysis. Her books include 'Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology' and 'Framing Feminism: Art and the Women's Movement 1970-1985' (both written with Griselda Pollock) and 'Torn in Two: The Experience of Maternal Ambivalence'. Her latest book is 'The Anxious Gardener'. She now practices as a psychotherapist in London.

Reviews

'A book wonderfully rich, not only in information, but in people and ideas.' - Guardian; 'A marvellously written and illustrated book.' - Times Educational Supplement; 'The sheer range and scope of the project proves both the great strength and fascination of the book.' - Design History Society