Polish Lace Makers: Gender, Heritage, and Identity

Anna Sznajder

doi:10.5771/9781498584326

Summary

AnnaSznajder centers this ethnography of gendered creative practice in the lace-making community of Bobowa, Poland. Grounded in rural gender studies and feminist epistemology, Polish Lace Makers: Gender, Heritage, and Identity is a pivotal historical and modern account of the social and economic behaviors of entrepreneurial craftswomen tasked with preserving the originality and symbolic value of lace. Sznajder traces the evolving work strategies and occupational identities of this community from the early 19th nineteenth century up to the modern day, outlining the challenges of World War II, communist rule, and socialist Poland. The case studies included in this account are emulative of the larger struggle of female entrepreneurs to self-manage, innovate, create, and provide for themselves and their families. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and European studies.

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-8431-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-8432-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 322
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword. Gendering Craft Heritage No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One. Laces, Lace Makers, and Lacemaking as a Research Project No access Pages 1 - 36
Chapter Two. The History of Lacemaking in Poland No access Pages 37 - 66
Chapter Three. Bobowa—the Lace Makers’ Community No access Pages 67 - 94
Chapter Four. The Lace Makers Community up to 1945 No access Pages 95 - 154
Chapter Five. Lace Makers and the Cooperative Koronka: The Organization’s Role in Women’s Lives and its Contribution to Craft Development No access Pages 155 - 198
Chapter Six. Lace Makers, Laces, and Lacemaking: Presented in Projects by the Local Handicraft Society and the Centre for Culture and Promotion No access Pages 199 - 246
Chapter Seven. Formation of Contemporary Entrepreneurial Identities in Relation to Craft and Place No access Pages 247 - 264
Chapter Eight. Conclusion No access Pages 265 - 280
Appendix A No access Pages 281 - 290
Appendix B No access Pages 291 - 292
Bibliography No access Pages 293 - 316
Index No access Pages 317 - 320
About the Author No access Pages 321 - 322