{"product_id":"quilt-arts-of-south-africa-threaded-legacies-9780253072580","title":"Quilt Arts of South Africa: Threaded Legacies","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the southernmost region of the African continent, women have been piecing together materials--textile construction techniques commonly used in quilting-- to create bed coverings throughout the history of the San and Khoi peoples. From the late seventeenth century through the early nineteenth century, an influx of Dutch, French, Indian, and British military personnel, traders, miners, and missionaries came to South Africa, bringing with them their own cultural traditions, including making and using quilts. Today, the making of quilts in South Africa is flourishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuilt Arts of South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e stitches together the history, production, and significance of quilt making from its earliest appearance in the continent's southernmost region to the twenty-first century. With input from curators, linguists, art historians, activist artists, and folklorists, this book presents disparate yet connected inquiries into a wide-ranging history of the quilt. These perspectives connect a rich expressive art to place, showing how the quilting traditions in South Africa together reflect a unique cultural history and natural landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItself pieced together from diverse voices, \u003ci\u003eQuilt Arts of South Africa \u003c\/i\u003eoffers glimpses into the histories and meanings of quilting in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarsha MacDowell is Professor of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, Curator at the Michigan State University Museum, and Director of the Quilt Index (www.quiltindex.org). She has authored many publications on traditional material culture and quiltmaking, including \u003ci\u003eQuilts and Health\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298536882450,"sku":"9780253072580","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea4646a3-123a-4cd5-8e90-43fcef58ffe4.jpg?v=1747826292","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/quilt-arts-of-south-africa-threaded-legacies-9780253072580","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}