Paris, along with New York, was one of the main centres of the fashion industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But although New York based garment workers were mobilized early in the twentieth century, Paris was the stage of vibrant revolutions and uprisings throughout the nineteenth century. As a consequence, French women workers were radicalized much earlier, creating a unique and unprecedented moment in both labour and feminist history. Seamstresses were central figures in the socio-political and cultural events of nineteenth and early twentieth century France but their stories and political writings have remained marginalized and obscured. Drawing on a wide range of published and unpublished documents from the industrial revolution, 'Sewing, Fighting and Writing' is a foucauldian genealogy of the Parisian seamstress. Looking at the assemblage of radical practices in work, politics and culture, it explores the constitution of the self of the seamstress in the era of early industrialization and revolutionary events and considers her contribution to the socio-political and cultural formations in modernity.
| ISBN: | 9781783482443 |
| Publication date: | 16th November 2015 |
| Author: | Maria Tamboukou |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield International |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Series: | Radical Cultural Studies |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: women and girls Political activism / Political engagement |
Paris, along with New York, was one of the main centres of the fashion industry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But although New York based garment workers were mobilized early in the twentieth century, Paris was the stage of vibrant revolutions and uprisings throughout the nineteenth century. As a consequence, French women workers were radicalized much earlier, creating a unique and unprecedented moment in both labour and feminist history. Seamstresses were central figures in the socio-political and cultural events of nineteenth and early twentieth century France but their stories and political writings have remained marginalized and obscured. Drawing on a wide range of published and unpublished documents from the industrial revolution, 'Sewing, Fighting and Writing' is a foucauldian genealogy of the Parisian seamstress. Looking at the assemblage of radical practices in work, politics and culture, it explores the constitution of the self of the seamstress in the era of early industrialization and revolutionary events and considers her contribution to the socio-political and cultural formations in modernity.
Sewing, Fighting and Writing features in the following genres: Gender studies: women and girls, Political activism / Political engagement
Sewing, Fighting and Writing is available in Hardback, Ebook, Paperback
Sewing, Fighting and Writing was written by Maria Tamboukou and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield International
Sewing, Fighting and Writing has 246 pages
Yes it is part of Radical Cultural Studies series