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Crafted with pride : queer craft and activism in contemporary Britain / edited by Daniel Fountain.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Bristol : Intellect Books, 2023Description: 164 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781789387742
  • 1789387744
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: Crafting identity and community
Thread One: Fashioning the self Lesbian activism and crafted fashion / Eleanor Medhurst
Trans craft and the Museum of Transology / Lois Stone
Thread Two: Pride, publics, and preservation Protest with pride: lesbians and gay men support the miners / Mark Etheridge
Pride of place: remembering, collecting, and preserving Islington’s LGBTQ+ heritage / Seán McGovern
(Re)Collecting queer craft: ownership, identity, and remembrance in queer zine collecting / Allan Madden
Thread Three: Collaborative craft Navigating queerness and trauma through collaborative craft / Dan Vo in conversation with Youcef Hadjazi
Stitching together: the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt and its oral histories / Daniel Fountain ; plus, an in-conversation with Graeme Lavery and Karina Thompson
Thread Four: Contemporary practices Making things perfectly queer / Matt Smith
A tower to say goodbye / Tanoa Sasraku
Quilting intergenerational intimacies in Fisch’s Rebel Dykes Archive / Sarah-Joy Ford
Queer voices / Rachael House
NO PROTECTION / Raisa Kabir
Summary: Explores queer craft and the material cultures of LGBTQ+ activism in Britain since the 1980s. From handmade clothing and protest banners to radical self-published zines and manifestos, there is a long history of using craft and DIY processes to explore identities, bring communities together, and encourage social and political change.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Purple 745.501 FOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 12790

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Crafting identity and community

Thread One: Fashioning the self Lesbian activism and crafted fashion / Eleanor Medhurst

Trans craft and the Museum of Transology / Lois Stone

Thread Two: Pride, publics, and preservation Protest with pride: lesbians and gay men support the miners / Mark Etheridge

Pride of place: remembering, collecting, and preserving Islington’s LGBTQ+ heritage / Seán McGovern

(Re)Collecting queer craft: ownership, identity, and remembrance in queer zine collecting / Allan Madden

Thread Three: Collaborative craft Navigating queerness and trauma through collaborative craft / Dan Vo in conversation with Youcef Hadjazi

Stitching together: the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt and its oral histories / Daniel Fountain ; plus, an in-conversation with Graeme Lavery and Karina Thompson

Thread Four: Contemporary practices Making things perfectly queer / Matt Smith

A tower to say goodbye / Tanoa Sasraku

Quilting intergenerational intimacies in Fisch’s Rebel Dykes Archive / Sarah-Joy Ford

Queer voices / Rachael House

NO PROTECTION / Raisa Kabir

Explores queer craft and the material cultures of LGBTQ+ activism in Britain since the 1980s. From handmade clothing and protest banners to radical self-published zines and manifestos, there is a long history of using craft and DIY processes to explore identities, bring communities together, and encourage social and political change.