{"product_id":"9781350126978","title":"Material Lives : Women Makers and Consumer Culture in the 18th Century","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial Lives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Serena Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteenth-century women told their life stories through making. With its compelling stories of women's material experiences and practices, \u003ci\u003eMaterial Lives\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new perspective on eighteenth-century production and consumption. Genteel women's making has traditionally been seen as decorative, trivial and superficial. Yet their material archives, forged through fabric samples, watercolours, dressed prints and dolls' garments, reveal how women used the material culture of making to record and navigate their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaterial Lives \u003c\/i\u003epositions women as 'makers' in a consumer society. Through fragments of fabric and paper, Dyer explores an innovative way of accessing the lives of otherwise obscured women. For researchers and students of material culture, dress history, consumption, gender and women's history, it offers a rich resource to illuminate the power of needles, paintbrushes and scissors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is something deeply moving about encountering eighteenth-century women via the things they stitched, wore, cut, drew and painted. Richly detailed, evocative and precise – as well as beautifully illustrated – \u003ci\u003eMaterial Lives\u003c\/i\u003e has much in common with the intricate, creative women's work that Dyer studies in this book.” —\u003ci\u003eHannah Greig, University of York, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Serena Dyer's lavishly illustrated and brilliantly researched book calls for us to rethink the immense cultural power of the “needles, brushes, glue and scissors” that four Georgian women used to fashion new versions of history. It is a compelling read.” —\u003ci\u003eAlison Matthews David, Ryerson University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A meticulous, insightful and intimate reconstruction of how four genteel women recorded and memorialized their lives through 'material life writing' ... [and] a compelling vision of women's engagement in the eighteenth-century world of goods as knowledgeable, skilful and creative makers.” —\u003ci\u003eKaren Harvey, University of Birmingham, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This splendid book portrays the unforgettable world of female imagination, skill and artistic talent that shaped consumer identity in the eighteenth century.” —\u003ci\u003eGiorgio Riello, University of Warwick, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350126978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40721778409678,"sku":"9781350126978","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_b1e8051f-3951-4acb-9c0d-f3408d4079b2.jpg?v=1641099692","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350126978","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}