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Pages: 200
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The author presents a collection of 150 contemporary African American quilts and the stories behind both the quilts and the quilters.
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-01 - Publisher: Paper Moon Publishing

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Jazz, like quilting, is a woven art form. Both genres produce textural harvests spun from the life fibers of masters of the imagination who create for our conte
CLOTH THAT DOES NOT DIE (cl)
Language: en
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"Cloth only wears, it does not die," the paradoxical phrase from a Bunu Yoruba prayer, emphasizes the power of cloth as a symbol of continuing social relations
Spirits of Just Men
Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: Charles D. Thompson Jr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-20 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Spirits of Just Men tells the story of moonshine in 1930s America, as seen through the remarkable location of Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still
Clothing and Difference
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Hildi Hendrickson
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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This volume examines the dynamic relationship between the body, clothing, and identity in sub-Saharan Africa and raises questions that have previously been dire