| Description |
viii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Regarding the History of Objects / M. Anna Fariello -- 2. Labels, Lingo, and Legacy: Crafts at a Crossroads / Paula Owen -- 3. Critical Approaches: Fragments from an Evolution / Patricia Malarcher -- 4. Paradise Lost? American Crafts' Pursuit of the Avant-Garde / Rob Barnard -- 5. Crafts Is Art: Tampering with Power / John Perreault -- 6. Moving Beyond the Binary / James H. Sanders -- 7. A Labor of Love / Marcia Tucker -- 8. Affectivity and Entropy: Production Aesthetics in Contemporary Sculpture / Johanna Drucker -- 9. "Reading" the Language of Objects / M. Anna Fariello -- 10. Feminism, Crafts, and Knowledge / Michele Hardy -- 11. Intimate Matters: Objects and Subjectivity / Suzanne Ramljak -- 12. Workmanship: The Hand and Body As Perceptual Tools / Polly Ullrich -- 13. Evolutionary Biology and Its Implications for Craft / Bruce Metcalf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Art objects.
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Handicraft.
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Art and society.
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| Author |
Fariello, M. Anna.
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Owen, Paula, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2003013062 |
| ISBN |
0810848449 cloth alkaline paper |
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0810848449 alkaline paper |
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0810848449 hardback alkaline paper |
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