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The Knots On The Underside Of The Carpet, Lily Colman
The Knots On The Underside Of The Carpet, Lily Colman
Masters Theses
A woman enters marriage, guided by a rich lineage of strong, lifelong marriages, yet is also caught in a web of misplaced ideals and expectations deferred by culture. She carries the weight of these histories, as well as her own expectations. Throughout history, women have been minimized and shoved into their own separate, domestic “spheres.” Future generations inherit these traumas, which in turn affects how they experience life. When a woman realizes her marriage is not what it should be, that she has been turned into a flat and unfulfilled version of herself and ultimately files for divorce, the weight …
Yanjie / 顏姐: Combing For Ice And Jade, Kurt Tong, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Yanjie / 顏姐: Combing For Ice And Jade, Kurt Tong, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Photography
246 unnumbered pages : color illustrations (some folded). 1st edition. Combing for Ice and Jade is a love note from Kurt Tong to his nanny, who was one of the last remaining self combed women left in China. An early form of Feminism, the comb up ceremony granted women great autonomy at a great cost. Kurt Tong has worked closely with his nanny over a period of nearly 7 years. Having only 8 photographs of herself, the book is an exploration of her extraordinary life. Her story is slowly revealed through the book, combined with Kurts family archive, found photographs …