Hearts and Hands: Women, Quilts, and American Society

From: Journal of American Folklore | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Hearts and Hands: Women, Quilts, and American Society. By Elaine Hedges, Pat Ferrero, and Julie Silber. (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996. Pp. 97, preface, 87 illustrations, reference list, index.)

SUSAN GOODIER-KALAF

State University of New York at Albany

Hearts and Hands: Women, Quilts, and American Society is much more than a beautiful book. A remarkable study of quilts, the book was originally written as a companion to the 1987 film Hearts and Hands (Fererro Films, San Francisco, 1987). This collaborative effort highlights the ways quilts enhanced the articulation of 19thcentury ...

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