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.
Autorentext
Anna Sznajder is independent scholar.
Zusammenfassung
Anna Sznajder 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.
Inhalt
Chapter 1. Laces, lacemakers and lacemaking as a research project
Chapter 2. The history of lacemaking in Poland
Chapter 3. Bobowa the lacemakers' community
Chapter 4. The lacemakers community up to 1945
Chapter 5. Lacemakers and the Koronka Cooperative the organisation's role in women's lives and its contribution to craft development
Chapter 6. Lacemakers, laces and lacemaking, as presented in projects by the Local Handicraft Society and the Centre for Culture and Promotion
Chapter 7. Formation of contemporary entrepreneurial identities in relation to craft and place