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Zami: A Portrait Of An Artist As A Black Lesbian, Barbara Dibernard

Department of English: Faculty Publications

As feminist critics, we cannot continue to ignore differences in race, sexuality, and class when we write about women; we should heed Adrienne Rich's critique of her own earlier work, that she will never again write of the "faceless, raceless, classless category of 'all women.'" Aware that my work will be partial and limited, I would like to explore Audre Lorde's Zami as a portrait of an artist as a black lesbian. In doing so, I hope to suggest areas where we must open up our conception of the female Kunstlerroman so that we are taking account of Lorde's black …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 12 (1991), Laurel Horton, Michael Kile, Rod Kiracofe, Lawrence Howe, Catherine E. Cerny, Vista Anne Mahan, William J. Riffe, Pat L. Nickols, Clover Nolan Williams, Valerie Wilson, Varyn M. Kendra, Kyle Emily Ciani

Uncoverings Journal

Dedication:Michael Kile (1947-1991) by Rod Kiracofe

Preface by Laurel Horton

Research Papers

A Text of the Times: The NAMES Project by Lawrence Howe

A Quilt Guild: Its Role in the Elaboration of Female Identity by Catherine A. Cerny

Quilts used as Backdrops in Old Photographs by Vista Anne Mahan

Brain Dominance and Quilters: A Small Group Study by William J. Riffe

Mary A. McElwain: Quilter and Quilt Businesswoman by Pat L. Nickols

Tradition and Art: Two Layers of Meaning in the Bloomington Quilters Guild by Clover Nolan Williams

Quiltmaking in Counties Antrim and Down: Preliminary Findings from the Ulster Quilt …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 11 (1990), Laurel Horton, Kristin M. Langellier, Jeanette Lou (Jan) Stehlik, Janet Carruth, Laurene Sinema, Joyce B. Peaden, Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn, Elizabeth Richards, Sherri Martin-Scott, Kerry Maguire, Barbara K. Phillippi, Wilene Smith

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Laurel Horton

The Marketing of Anne Orr's Quilts by Merikay Waldvogel

Contemporary Quiltmaking in Maine: Re-fashioning Femininity by Kristin M. Langellier

Quilt Patterns and Contests of the Omaha World Herald, 1921-1941 by Jan Stehlik

Emma Andres and Her Six Grand Old Characters by Janet Carruth and Laurene Sinema

The Multicolored Geometric Pieced Sails of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago by Joyce B. Peaden

A Profile of Quilts and Donors at the DAR Museum by Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn

Quilts as Material History: Identifying Research Models by Elizabeth Richards, Sherri Martin-Scott, and Kerry Maguire

Pre-1940 Quilt Tops: Their Status and …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 10 (1989), Laurel Horton, Eleanor Hamilton Sienkiewicz, Barbara Brackman, Suellen Meyer, Elizabeth Weyrauch Shea, Patricia Cox Crews, Debra Ballard, Virginia Gunn, Jane Przybysz, Nancilu Burdick, Gail Andrews Treschel, Bets Ramsey

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Laurel Horton

Research Papers

The Marketing of Mary Evans by Eleanor Hamilton Sienkiewicz

Signature Quilts: Nineteenth~Century Trends by Barbara Brackman

Early Influences of the Sewing Machine and Visible Machine Stitching on Nineteenth~Century Quilts by Suellen Meyer

Nebraska Quiltmakers: 1870-1940 by Elizabeth Weyrauch Shea and Patricia Cox Crews

The Ladies Aid of Hope Lutheran Church by Debra Ballard

Quilts for Milady's Boudoir by Virginia Gunn

The Body En(w)raptured: Contemporary Quilted Garments by Jane Przybysz

The Julia Bayer Reinstein Collection by Nancilu Burdick

Mourning Quilts in America by Gail Andrews Trechsel

Special Presentation

A Tribute to Mariska Karasz (1898-1960) by …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 9 (1988), Laurel Horton, Bets Ramsey, Joyce B. Peaden, Erma H. Kirkpatrick, Pat L. Nickols, Pat Long, Margaret Rolfe, Virginia Gun, Joseph F. Stonuey, Patricia Cox Crews, Lynn A. Bonfield

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Laurel Horton

The Land of Cotton: Quiltmaking by African-American Women in Three Southern States by Bets Ramsey

Donated Quilts Warmed Wartorn Europe by Joyce B. Peaden

A Study of "Alamance Plaids" and Their Use in North Carolina Quilts by Erma H. Kirkpatrick

The Use of Cotton Sacks in Quiltmaking by Pat L. Nickols

Quiltmaking in the Richland, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren, 1914-1937 by Pat Long

Quilting: Its Absence in Australia by Margaret Rolfe

Quilts at Nineteenth Century State and County Fairs: An Ohio Study by Virginia Gunn

The Textile Industry and South Carolina Quilts by Laurel Horton …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 8 (1987), Laurel Horton, Sally Jeter Garoutte, Cuesta Benberry, Bryding Adams Henley, Annette Gero, Jan Murphy, Colleen Hall-Patton, Merikay Waldvogel, Jane Przybysz, Virginia Gunn, Ruth Roberson, Barbara Brackman, Joanna Smith

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword: Dedication to Sally Jeter Garoutte (1925-1989) by Cuesta Benberry

Preface by Laurel Horton

Research Papers

Alabama Gunboat Quilts by Bryding Adams Henley

Australian Patriotic Quilts by Annette Gero

Design Influences on an Unnamed Regional Pattern by Jan Murphy

Quilt Patterns in the Frank C. Brown Collection by Laurel Horton

Innovation Among Southern California Quiltmakers by Colleen Hall-Patton

Southern Linsey Quilts of the Nineteenth Century by Merikay Waldvogel

Competing Cultural Values at the Great American Quilt Festival by Jane Przybysz

Yo-Yo or Bed-of-Roses Quilts: Nineteenth Century Origins by Virginia Gunn

Special Presentations

The North Carolina Quilt Project: Organization and Orchestration …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 7 (1986), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Bets Ramsey, Jessica F. Nicoll, Nora Pickens, Tandy Hersh, Joe Cunningham, Dorothy Cozart, Cuesta Benberry, Wilene Smith, Erma H. Kirkpatrick, Susan L. Davis

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Roses Real and Imaginary: Nineteenth Century Botanical Quilts of the Mid-South by Bets Ramsey

Signature Quilts and The Quaker Community, 1840-1860 by Jessica F. Nicoll

Scrap Quilts of New Mexico by Nora Pickens

1842 Primitive Hall Pieced Quilt Top: The Art of Transforming Printed Fabric Designs through Geometry by Tandy Hersh

Fourteen Quilts Begun by One Woman and Finished by Another by Joe Cunningham

An Early Nineteenth Century Quiltmaker and Her Quilts by Dorothy Cozart

Quilt Cottage Industries: A Chronicle byCuesta Benberry

Quilt Blocks - or - Quilt Patterns by Wilene Smith

Uncle Eli's Quilting …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 6 (1985), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Gloria Seaman Allen, Linda Boynton, Bettina Havig, Laurel Horton, Kathryn Schillmoeller, Jeannette Lasansky, Virginia Gunn, Rebecca Joseph, Erma Kirkpatrick

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Bed Coverings: Kent County Maryland, 1710-1820 by Gloria Seaman Allen

Recent Changes in Amish Quilting by Linda Boynton

Missouri: Crossroads to Quilting by Bettina Havig

South Carolina Quilts and the Civil War by Laurel Horton

The Role of Quilts in Children's Literature by Kathryn Schilmoeller

The Role of the Haps in Central Pennsylvania's 19th and 20th Century Quiltmaking Traditions by Jeannette Lasansky

Quilts for Union Soldiers in the Civil War by Virginia Gunn

Tradition and Innovation in Kentucky Quilts and Yogyakarta Batik by Rebecca Joseph

Quilts, Quiltmaking and the Progressive Farmer, 1886-1935 by Erma Kirkpatrick …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 5 (1984), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Nancilu B. Burdick, James M. Liles, Dorothy Cozart, Laurel Horton, Sandra M. Todaro, Tandy Hersh, Suellen Meyer, Louise O. Townsend, Virginia Gunn, Merikay Waldvogel

Uncoverings Journal

Introduction by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Talula Gilbert Bottoms and her Quilts by Nancilu B. Burdick

Dyes in American Quilts Made Before 1930 by James M. Liles

A Century of Fundraising Quilts: 1860-1960 by Dorothy Cozart

South Carolina's Traditional Quilts by Laurel Horton

A Family of Texas Quilters and their Work by Sandra M. Todaro

18th Century Quilted Silk Petticoats Worn in America by Tandy Hersh

Characteristics of Missouri~German Quilts by Suellen Meyer

Kansas City Star Quilt Patterns: 1928-1949 by Louise O. Townsend

Crazy Quilts and Outline Quilts: Popular Responses to the Decorative Art I Art Needlework Movement, 1876-1893 by Virginia …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 4 (1983), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Sandra Metzler, Virginia Gunn, Bets Ramsey, Suzanne Yabsley, Nancy Habersat Caudle, Cuesta Benberry, Diana Church, Laurel Horton, Barbara Brackman, Margaret Reichelt-Jordan, Katy Christopherson

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Introduction by Sandra Metzler

Research Papers

Victorian Silk Template Patchwork in 5 7 American Periodicals, 1850-1875 by Virginia Gunn

Recollections of Childhood Recorded in a Tennessee Quilt by Bets Ramsey

Applique Button Blankets in Northwest Coast Indian Culture by Suzanne Yabsley

Downeast Country Women: Quilts and Coverlets by Nancy Habersat Caudle

White Perspectives of Blacks in Quilts and Related Media by Cuesta Benberry

The Bayliss Stenciled Quilt by Diana Church

Nineteenth Century Middle Class Quilts in Macon County, North Carolina by Laurel Horton

A Chronological Index to Pieced Quilt Patterns, 1775-1825 by Barbara Brackman

Special …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 3 (1982), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Sandra Metzler, Tandy Hersh, Bertha B. Brown, Ellen F. Eanes, Nancy J. Rowley, Pat L. Nickols, Barbara Brackman, Mary Antoine De Julio, Margaret Malanyn, Mary Cross

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword by Sandra Metzler

Some Aspects of an 1809 Quilt by Tandy Hersh

Cuna Molas: The Geometry of Background Fill by Bertha B. Brown

Nine Related Quilts of Mecklenburg County, 1800-1840 by Ellen F. Eanes

Red Cross Quilts for the Great War by Nancy J. Rowley

String Quilts by Pat L. Nickols

The Hall/Szabronski Collection at the University of Kansas by Barbara Brackman

A Record of a Woman's Work: The Betsey Reynolds Voorhees Collection by Mary Antoine de Julio

Fifteen Dearborn Quilts by Margaret Malanyn

The Quilts of Grant Wood's Family and Paintings by Mary Cross

Marseilles Quilts and Their …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 2 (1981), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Katherine R. Koob, Judy Mathieson, Dorothy Cozart, Flavin Glover, Marilyn P. Davis, Barbara Brackman, Lynn A. Bonfield, Mary Katherine Jarrell, Imelda G. Degraw

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Research Papers

Documenting Quilts by Their Fabrics by Katherine R. Koob

Some Sources of Design Inspiration for the Quilt Pattern Mariner's Compass by Judy Mathieson

Women and Their Quilts as Portrayed by Some American Authors by Dorothy Cozart

Discovery of the Cedar Heights Quilt Collection by Flavin Glover

The Contemporary American Quilter by Marilyn P. Davis

California's First Quilting Party 53 Barbara Brackman, Quilts at Chicago's World's Fairs by Sally Jeter Garoutte

The Production of Cloth, Clothing, and Quilts in 19th Century New England Homes by Lynn A. Bonfield

Special Presentations

Three Historic Quilts by …

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 1 (1980), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Barbara Brackman, Lucille Hilty, Joyce Gross, Sandra Metzler-Smith, Bets Ramsey, Winifred Reddall, Cuesta Benberry, Jean T. Federico, John L. Oldani

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Research Papers

Midwestern Pattern Sources by Barbara Brackman

The Passion For Qui/tmaking by Lucille Hilty

Early Colonial Quilts in a Bedding Context by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Four Twentieth Century Quiltmakers by Joyce Gross

Quilts in Pomo Culture by Sandra Metzler-Smith

Design Invention in Country Quilts of Tennessee and Georgia by Bets Ramsey

Pieced Lettering on Seven Quilts Dating from 1833 to 1891 by Winifred Reddall

Special Presentation

Afro-American Women and Quilts: An Introductory Essay by Cuesta Benberry

White Work Classification System by Jean T. Federico

Archiving and the American Quilt: A Position Paper by John …