Whip your hobby into shape: Knitting, feminism and construction of gender

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-163

  Myzelev, Alla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Craft; Domesticity; Feminism; Gender; Identity; Knitting; Queer

Indexed keywords

HEADWEAR; KNITTING; PATTERN (CONFIGURATION); TEXTILE ART;

EID: 68349110852     PISSN: 14759756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175183509X460065     Document Type: Article

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