Article: “As i cannot write I put this down simply and freely”: Samplers as a Religious Material Practice
Abstract
Samplers are important sources for exploring the interaction between religion, text, and materiality. For centuries, needlework has been a textile technique to teach girl a skill that may have ensured an income. By means of stitches and threads, young women learned basic knowledge, patience and moral judgment. This article explores a unique sampler from the middle of the nineteenth century in Southern England. The author, a young girl called Elizabeth Parker, transforms the practice of embroidering a sampler by stitching a text that challenges social and religious conventions. The document offers a deep insight into the life, knowledge and religious life of a working girl class that “could not write” but could articulate herself by means of an ancient textile technique.
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Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria: “As i cannot write I put this down simply and freely”: Samplers as a Religious Material Practice. In: Journal for Religion, Film and Media, Jg. 7 (2021), Nr. 1, S. 95-122. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19543.
@ARTICLE{Pezzoli-Olgiati2021,
author = {Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria},
title = {“As i cannot write I put this down simply and freely”: Samplers as a Religious Material Practice},
year = 2021,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19543}",
volume = 7,
address = {Marburg},
journal = {Journal for Religion, Film and Media},
number = 1,
pages = {95--122},
}
author = {Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria},
title = {“As i cannot write I put this down simply and freely”: Samplers as a Religious Material Practice},
year = 2021,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19543}",
volume = 7,
address = {Marburg},
journal = {Journal for Religion, Film and Media},
number = 1,
pages = {95--122},
}
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