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A Fabric of Defeat The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948 (review)

A Fabric of Defeat The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948 (review) A Fabric of Defeat The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948 (review) Alex Lichtenstein Southern Cultures, Volume 5, Number 4, Winter 1999, pp. 82-85 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1999.0016 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/423879/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 17:02 GMT from JHU Libraries romantic cachet could be converted into cash, affording some women an op- portunity to wield new influence and others an opportunity to gain badly needed income. But New England's craft revival faded just as Appalachian began to thrive — Yankees dethroned in favor of Mountaineers as our Quintessential Americans. Why and how that happened and just when it did is not yet clear. Jane Becker's thorough and thoughtful study suppUes part of the answer, and provides a valu- able model for new investigations that explore intersections of tradition and commerce, nostalgia and amnesia, in other times and places. Indeed, we are stiU witnessing variations on the phenomena Becker so ably describes, though in this global age the aUen cultures being made safe for middle-class consumption tend to be those of developing countries whose populations are Ukewise aUegedly buoyed by the marketing of traditional handcraft. Historical perspective http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

A Fabric of Defeat The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948 (review)

Lichtenstein, Alexander C.
Southern Cultures , Volume 5 (4) – Jan 4, 2012
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A Fabric of Defeat The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948 (review) Alex Lichtenstein Southern Cultures, Volume 5, Number 4, Winter 1999, pp. 82-85 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1999.0016 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/423879/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 17:02 GMT from JHU Libraries romantic cachet could be converted into cash, affording some women an op- portunity to wield new influence and others an opportunity to gain badly needed income. But New England's craft revival faded just as Appalachian began to thrive — Yankees dethroned in favor of Mountaineers as our Quintessential Americans. Why and how that happened and just when it did is not yet clear. Jane Becker's thorough and thoughtful study suppUes part of the answer, and provides a valu- able model for new investigations that explore intersections of tradition and commerce, nostalgia and amnesia, in other times and places. Indeed, we are stiU witnessing variations on the phenomena Becker so ably describes, though in this global age the aUen cultures being made safe for middle-class consumption tend to be those of developing countries whose populations are Ukewise aUegedly buoyed by the marketing of traditional handcraft. Historical perspective

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