Threading the needle: tatreez, trade, tales and talk in anglophonic, women's literature of the Arab diaspora
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Author
Mohrmann, SummerKeyword
Arab American womenArab Americans in literature
Arab countries In literature
Feminists -- Arab countries
Embroidery
Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Literature
Readers/Advisors
Woods, MichelleTerm and Year
Fall 2024Date Published
2024-12
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Penelope weaving by day and unweaving by night Laertes' death shroud, Arachne's metamorphosis as punishment for depicting the cruelty of the gods in thread, the cloak embroidered with stories of famous lovers stolen from a Sultan's unnamed daughter and gifted to Emare- the metaphor of embroidery or weaving in storytelling overcomes borders to permeate our transnational memories and cultural milieus. Foundational texts of both Western and global canons time and again tum to weaving as metaphor; from the ancients like Athena, the Moirai, or Neith who- in some myths- is credited as the weaver (and frequent reweaver) of the world, literature and narratives have been explored via the development of a rich tapestry of not only women, but men1 who weave and are woven into global narrative memory. Contemporary works such as Carmen Maria Machado 's "The Husband Stitch," R.B. Lemberg's The Four Profound Weaves, and Salman Rushdie's Shame, to name just a few, remind us of the central and formative connection between the material craft of embroidery and the transcendental art of storytelling.Accessibility Statement
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