Craftivism and Cottonian Bindings: “The Handiwork of Greta Hall”

Williams, Helen (2022) Craftivism and Cottonian Bindings: “The Handiwork of Greta Hall”. Criticism, 64 (3/4). pp. 351-367. ISSN 0011-1589

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Abstract

Edith Southey, Edith May Southey, and Sara Coleridge Jr. covered Robert Southey's books in vibrantly printed dress fabrics, creating a collection that came to be called "the Cottonian Library." This article is a manifesto for Cottonian bookbinding to be studied as feminist literary activism. It argues for the importance of looking beyond the book trades to the domestic and unremunerated ways in which women contributed to Romantic period book design, suggesting that the new feminist Craftivism can prompt us to historicize and to acknowledge the significance of Cottonian bookbinding as a practice that cannot be omitted from any history of women and the book.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Craftivism, Romanticism, women, bookbinding, labor, cotton, chintz, library, craft, design
Subjects: W700 Crafts
W900 Others in Creative Arts and Design
Department: Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Humanities
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Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2022 12:48
Last Modified: 04 Jul 2023 15:00
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/50895

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