{"product_id":"material-literacy-in-18th-century-britain-a-nation-of-makers-paperback","title":"Material Literacy in 18th-Century Britain: A Nation of Makers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSerena Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChloe Wigston Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Historians of British Art Book Prize 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 18th century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but \u003ci\u003eMaterial Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain\u003c\/i\u003e repositions Britain as a nation of makers. It brings new attention to 18th-century craftswomen and men with its focus on the material knowledge possessed not only by professional artisans and amateur makers, but also by skilled consumers. This book gathers together a group of interdisciplinary scholars working in the fields of art history, history, literature and museum studies to unearth the tactile and tacit knowledge that underpinned fashion, tailoring and textile production. It invites us into the workshops, drawing rooms and backrooms of a broad range of creators, and uncovers how production and manual knowledge extended beyond the factories and machines which dominate industrial histories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book illuminates, for the first time, the material literacies learnt, enacted and understood by British producers and consumers. The skills required for sewing, embroidering and the textile arts were possessed by a large proportion of the British population: men, women and children, professional and amateur alike. Building on previous studies of shoppers and consumption in the period, as well as narratives of manufacture, this collection documents the multiplicity of small producers behind Britain's consumer revolution, reshaping our understanding of the dynamics between making and objects, consumption and production. It demonstrates how material knowledge formed an essential part of daily life for eighteenth-century Britons. Craft technique, practice and production, the contributors show, constituted forms of tactile languages that joined makers together, whether they produced objects for profit or pleasure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSerena Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in History of Design and Material Culture at De Montfort University, UK. She has published on albums, wallpaper, consumer culture and childhood in the eighteenth century. Her book, \u003ci\u003eMaterial Lives: Women Makers and Consumer Culture in the 18th Century\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Bloomsbury in 2021. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChloe Wigston Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature and the Centre for 18th Century Studies at the University of York, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen, Work, and Clothes in the 18th-Century Novel \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), as well as articles on women in literature, material culture studies and fashion culture.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45329848401999,"sku":"9781350282414","price":73.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/dqI50Dlygg9781350282414.webp?v=1780008941","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/material-literacy-in-18th-century-britain-a-nation-of-makers-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}