{"product_id":"with-her-own-hands-women-weaving-their-stories-1","title":"With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Nicole Nehrig\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW.W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9\/29\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9781324134350\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting--throughout history, these and other forms of textile work have often been dismissed as merely \"women's work\" and attached to ideas of domesticity and obedience. Yet, as psychologist and avid knitter Nicole Nehrig wonderfully explores in this captivating book, textile work has often been a way for women to exercise power. When their voices were silenced and other avenues were closed off to them, women used the tools they had--often a needle and thread--to seek freedom within the restrictive societies they lived in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning continents and centuries,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith Her Own Hands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings together remarkable stories of women who have used textiles as a means of liberation, from an eighteenth-century Quaker boarding school that used embroidered samplers to teach girls math and geography to the Quechua weavers working to preserve and revive Incan traditions today, and from the Miao women of southern China who, in the absence of a written language, pass down their histories in elaborate \"story cloths\" to a midcentury British women's postal art exchange. Textiles have been a way for women to explore their intellectual capacities, seek economic independence, create community, process traumas, and convey powerful messages of self-expression and political protest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeartfelt and deeply moving,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith Her Own Hands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a celebration of women who have woven their own stories--and a testament to their resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnraveling commonly held assumptions of knitting as a pedestrian hobby requiring only basic skill and relegated to lowly female drudgery, Nicole Nehrig instead shows how this single act binds humanity, connecting women across generations and between continents. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith Her Own Hands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a beautifully wrought anthropologic study, and necessary reading for anyone interested in the nature of creativity.\" -- Julie Satow, author of \u003cem\u003eWhen Women Ran Fifth Avenue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWith Her Own Hands\u003c\/em\u003e gives such a sumptuous insight into the profundity of simple threads. Rich with stories from so many cultures, Nehrig shows how the creation and embellishment of textiles not just gave a voice to those who were allowed none--but also power, hope, and fortitude across the ages.\" -- Aarathi Prasad, author of \u003cem\u003eSilk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole Nehrig\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a clinical and research psychologist and a passionate knitter and textile crafter living in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54078130782491,"sku":"With Her Own Hands PB","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/91ra9OJgmPL._SL1500.jpg?v=1790891857","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/with-her-own-hands-women-weaving-their-stories-1","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}