Travaux d'aiguille et mobilisation féminine : des plaines de l'Utah aux Nations Unies
Keywords:
Trigeaud, gender needlework, patchwork, humanitarian, development, activism, feminism, UNO, Nobel Prize for PeaceAbstract
Common sense pushes needlework back to a formal
traditional world, where women's activities are set apart from
the men's world, a severance that contributes to women's vul
nerability. In this ideology, it is assumed that, to attain eman
cipation, women should give up traditional practices and adopt
those of the dominant gender. This assumption brings up an
issue evocative of Andersen's allegory: must the siren renounce
her voice to adopt a form that will allow for her coexistence
with man? We review a variety of research to study the socioan
thropological meaning of sewing for women in various contexts.
We will see that, far from being instruments of oppression, thé
thread and needle can open up to expression and development.
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