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Working with wool

Working with wool

by Sylvia Olsen

El idioma original es inglés.

This book tells the story of British Columbia's Coast Salish people and their traditional hand-woven blankets and hand-knitted Cowichan sweaters. The author shows how the story of the sweater and its knitters reflects the history of the Coast Salish people in twentieth-century Canada. The knitters experienced grinding poverty, destructive racism, government paternalism, and cultural appropriation,...

Publisher

Sono Nis Press

Format

328 pages

ISBN

9781550391770

Language

English

Features

Full color, 328 pages

Genres

Indian handicraft industries, Indian textile fabrics, Coast Salish Indians, History, Clothing

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