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For historians, the blend of the diverse essays is helpful in that it encourages linking past (and the history of crafts used for resistance and activism) to present (successful models of craft for political and economic engagement). This type of connection can only deepen our understanding of the history of craft for activism (or craftivism), and our representation of it in our museum collections and writing. For readers interested in engaging in craft for dissent, the lessons of activist crafting, both in the distant and more recent past, are valuable in making decisions about how to carry out craft-based actions. * New York History * Hinda Mandell's comprehensive anthology arrives three years after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and the advent of craftivism's third wave, a ripe time for an in-depth examination of political craft. The talented authors cover a lot of ground - from early Roman resistance to the Pussyhats of today - and much like the field's communal ethos, their combined efforts result in a collective potency. Together, the contributors illuminate the many ways in which craft offers agency, cultivates resiliency, and strengthens our social fabric. As a museum curator and engaged citizen, I will be keeping this volume close at hand. -- Beth C. McLaughlin, chief curator of exhibitions and collections, Fuller Craft Museum Refreshingly, the contributors in this volume do not present a tidy, celebratory, step-by-step guide to handmade activism, instead they address the many contingencies of both craftivist discourse and action as they engage with issues of race, class, gender, and power. They show that handwork wielded by engaged citizens has the power to reshape the stories we build our cultures around while simultaneously requiring similarly critical transformation itself. -- Sonja Dahl, artist, writer, activist In a word, empowering. After reading Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to Pussyhats I had to spend time reflecting with my needle and thread. This collection of thoughtful essays empowers through its stories of handicraft as it is tied to social justice. Women have had a voice for centuries, but sometimes it has had to be vocalized through their crafty creations. -- Sarah Marsom, heritage resource consultant

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Hinda Mandell is associate professor in the School of Communication at RIT in New York, and is editor of Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019); cocurator and coeditor of Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism; a coeditor of Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 US Presidential Election; the author of Sex Scandals, Gender and Power in Contemporary American Politics and coeditor of Scandal in a Digital Age. Mandell’s website is omghinda.com, and she’s on Twitter: @hindamandell and @crochetactivism, and Instagram: @crochetactivism. Mandell is passionate about organizing crowd-created yarn installations in public spaces that are connected to the history of a region's social-reform movements.

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