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Product Description: In Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters Patricia A. Turner explores the culture and recent history of African Americans through the creations and wisdom of nine quilters. Turner profiles quilters who exemplify the range of black women and men dedicated to the making of quilts, and she shows how their craftwork establishes order and meaning in their lives...read more
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9781604731316 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, January 1, 2009, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: In Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters Patricia A.
Product Description: One million African Americans spend approximately $118 million annually on quilting. Some believe that recent studies of oral histories telling of the role quilting played in the Underground Railroad have inspired African Americans to take up their fabric and needles, but whatever the reason, quilters like Faith Ringgold, Clementine Hunter, Winnie McQueen, and many others are keeping the African American traditions of quilting alive...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780786413744 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, January 1, 2003, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: One million African Americans spend approximately $118 million annually on quilting.
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9780525936886 | Studio, July 1, 1993, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Examines the similarities in color, design, patterns, and symbolic forms between African American quilts and African textile traditions
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9780965376617 | 2 sub edition (Tinwood Books, March 1, 2002), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The rich history and background of African-American quilts are revealed here, focusing on the African-derived patterns, meanings, and iconography of this uniquely American art form.
9780525486145 | Penguin USA, June 1, 1993, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Based on the critically acclaimed Souls Grown Deep books, this calendar showcases 13 of the most innovative self-taught artists, among them Thornton Dial, Lonny Holley, Mary Smith, Purvis Young, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, and Joe Light.
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