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I gladly recommend this book not only to scholars working in visual and textile arts but also to those with interests in broad interdisciplinary treatments of culture. Turney covers a lot of ground, and the book offers copious photos as exemplars as well as thorough and thought-provoking analyses. THE Fascinating material! TLS A suberb example of contemporary cultural analysis ... Clear, comprehensive, imaginative, innovative, theoretically challenged and grounded. Whether you are interested in fashion, textiles, design, material culture, cultural analysis or Sociology, Turney's Culture of Knitting is a work that you owe it to yourself to read. Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture A must-read for erudite knitting addicts. Yarn Market News A thoughtful and insightful study on knitting in all its forms and socio-cultural impacts. Worn Through
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From booties and scarves to art and fashion, "The Culture of Knitting" addresses knitting as art, craft, design, fashion, performance and as an aspect of the everyday. Drawing on a variety of sources, including interviews with knitters from different disciplines as well as amateurs, the text breaks down hierarchical boundaries and stereotypical assumptions that have hitherto negated the academic study of knitting, and it highlights the diversity and complexity of knitting in all its guises."The Culture of Knitting" investigates not merely why knitting is so popular now, but the reasons why knitting has such longevity. By assessing the literature of knitting, manuals, patterns, social and regional histories, alongside testimonial discussions with artists, designers, craftspeople and amateurs, it offers new ways of seeing, new methods of critiquing knitting, without the constraints of disciplinary boundaries in the hope of creating an environment in which knitting can be valued, recognised and discussed.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Jo Turney's book, The Culture of Knitting, is an example of an emerging type of academic writing, that builds bridges between Critical Theory and other disciplines. Some call this type of writing, critical journalism, as it involves a reporting-back back from the Academy to audiences outside and/or uneasy within their institutional relationship. This unease is commonly situated around terminology and often takes the form of a suspicion of concepts and (seemingly) arbitrary methodologies. In this sense, Jo Turney's book is not speaking to the converted, but offering - as I see it - a reason for more people to get involved. My understanding of the book's intention is to offer a starting point for enquiry, it does not aspire to be conclusive; it adopts a convivial mode and is inclusively generous with its case studies and examples. As such, inevitably, it will be submitted to the vagaries of a wide range of audiences and diverse expectations, and will probably experience a choppy ride. It is functioning in the market place, after all, not simply within the walls of a secure academic unit or discipline.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Brilliant! Need I say more? With Turneys amazing writing style with intelligence and wit, the culture of Knitting offers an amazing insight with first hand analysis and personal experience. I was daunted by how in depth the booked looked but I found it easy to read and recommend to anyone with an interest in Fashion and obviously knitting, along with the social and consumption side of the industry.
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This book reads like a badly-written doctoral thesis hurriedly turned into a book. There may well be some fascinating information about knitting and prescient cultural analysis buried in there somewhere, but the hideous prose makes it impossible to find. Just trying to read it gives me a headache. If you are an academic yourself and used to reading students' writing, tuning out the contorted attempts to sound intellectual and recognising their insights, you might be able to get on with this book, otherwise, I really can't recommend it. It got a great review in the TLS, which was why I bought it, but I am greatly disappointed. I'd give it to a friend but don't really want to inflict it on them either.
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