{"product_id":"a-woven-world-on-fashion-fishermen-and-the-sardine-dress-9781640094826","title":"A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart memoir, part cultural history, \u003ci\u003eA Woven World\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the fading crafts, industries, and artisans that have defined communities for generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe desire to create is the cornerstone of civilization. But as we move into a world where machine manufacturing has nearly usurped craft, Alison Hawthorne Deming resists the erasure of our shared history of handiwork with this appeal for embracing continuity and belonging in a time of destabilizing change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSensing a need to preserve the crafts and stories of our founding communities, and inspired by an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute featuring Yves St. Laurent's \"sardine\" dress, Deming turned to the industries of her ancestors, both the dressmakers and designers in Manhattan in the nineteenth century and the fishermen on Grand Manan Island, a community of 2,500 residents, where the dignity of work and the bounty of the sea ruled for hundreds of years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReweaving the fabric of those lives, \u003ci\u003eA Woven World\u003c\/i\u003e gives presence on the page to the people, places, and practices, uncovering and preserving a record of the ingenuity and dignity that comes with such work. In this way the lament becomes a song of praise and a testament to the beauty and fragility of human making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640094826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alison Hawthorne Deming","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40601285230773,"sku":"9781640094826","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_50c3920f-1970-422e-9fea-14a934b569ac.jpg?v=1627361356","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-woven-world-on-fashion-fishermen-and-the-sardine-dress-9781640094826","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}