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| Title: | Treasures
: The Stories Women Tell about the Things They Keep |
| Author: | Kathleen Cairns & Elaine Silverman (eds) |
| ISBN: | 1552380734 : 9781552380734 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 125x175mm |
| Pages: | 376 |
| Weight: | .416 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Calgary Press - May 2004 |
| List Price: | 17.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Womens studies |
This is a book about memory & meaning. these texts bring to light the reflections & stories that women have constructed around the objects they have treasured, which in the past may have been deemed unimportant. These objects contain each woman's life experience & act as a foundation for her values & for the development of her character. The objects are often passed along to other women or handed down to family members, thereby connecting generations of women & creating a collective women's history. Culled from interviews with over one hundred different women, these are rich, compelling & even haunting stories, told in the women's own voices.
