{"product_id":"9781350345478","title":"Craft and War Makers, Users, and Craft Practices since the 19th Century","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCraft and War\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMakers, Users, and Craft Practices since the 19th Century\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJennifer Way | Heather Smith | Alida R. Jekabson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the diverse ways in which craft has participated in wars from the mid-19th century to the present day, this book brings together a wealth of scholarship to redress an understudied area of modern craft history. \u003ci\u003eCraft and War\u003c\/i\u003e explores issues of fabrication, makers, objects, uses and users throughout conflicts across the world to provide a critical understanding of the relationship between craft and contexts of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters look at the impact of colonization on making practices and acts of preserving cultural heritage in times of dislocation and migration. Authors provide insights into repurposing tools of oppression and the appropriation of material culture as a device of warfare, in addition to embroidery and tactics of resistance, and the role of craft and folk art in international feminist peace activism. Organized into four thematic sections, this book reveals how craft developed in different regions during and after armed conflicts, including research on trench art and objects, quilts and rugs commissioned in wartime, and ceramics and the art of commemoration. \u003ci\u003eCraft and War\u003c\/i\u003e also provides a breadth of analysis on crafting as a rehabilitative activity and traces government initiatives across different countries for postwar healing involving crafts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis important contribution to modern craft history addresses multiple facets of a rich and complex subject to provide cross-national, cultural and chronological comparisons of craft's participation in situations of conflict and stages of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Way\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar and educator in art history at the University of North Texas, USA. Her current research explores craft history and intersections of art with conflict, gender, race, caring, and healing, especially in U.S. and transnational settings from the 19th century to the present. She recently published chapters in \u003ci\u003eCraft in Extremis: Survival and Creativity in Modern War and Genocide c. 1890-1950\u003c\/i\u003e (2026); \u003ci\u003eMedical Care, Humanitarianism, and Intimacy in the Long Second World War, 1931-1953 \u003c\/i\u003e(2025); \u003ci\u003eFallingwater: Living with and in Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2025); \u003ci\u003eModernism, Art, Therapy\u003c\/i\u003e (2024); and \u003ci\u003eBoundaries: Transnational Exchanges through Art, Architecture, and Design from 1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2023).   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Smith\u003c\/b\u003e has 30 years of experience working in art and history museums and art galleries in Canada. She organized numerous travelling exhibitions such as \u003ci\u003eQuilting for a Cause: Red Cross Quilts for the Great War \u003c\/i\u003e(2019); \u003ci\u003eVaughan Grayson an Artist in the Canadian Rockies \u003c\/i\u003e(2006); \u003ci\u003eKeepsakes of Conflict: Trench Art and Other Canadian War-Related Craft (\u003c\/i\u003e2006); and \u003ci\u003eFred Strickland's War Sketches \u003c\/i\u003e(2002). In 2013, she won the publisher of the year award from the Saskatchewan Book Awards for \u003ci\u003eHansen Ross Pottery: Pioneering Fine Craft on the Canadian Prairies \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlida R. Jekabson\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD Candidate in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Her research explores histories of modern craft and consumer culture in the United States and occupied territories, exploring textiles and their role as mediators of value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 June 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350345478\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936236535948,"sku":"9781350345478","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f7eb9b4d-c8d6-4ca2-ae07-dac968214bce.jpg?v=1786015822","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350345478","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}