Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976
This article examines a handkerchief decorated by female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) imprisoned in Armagh Jail, Northern Ireland, in 1976. It attends to the materiality of a gendered and politicised object. The stenciling, colouring, signing and exchanging of this piece of cloth took...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cliowgh_688 https://doi.org/10.4000/cliowgh.688 urn:doi:10.4000/cliowgh.688 en https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh/688 2018-07-20T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e3ss All rights reserved Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976 Clio Belin info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2554-3822 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh Purbrick, Louise culture matérielle tissu mouchoirs de prison prisonnières républicaines prison d’Armagh Irlande du Nord material culture cloth prison handkerchiefs republican women prisoners Armagh Jail Northern Ireland This article examines a handkerchief decorated by female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) imprisoned in Armagh Jail, Northern Ireland, in 1976. It attends to the materiality of a gendered and politicised object. The stenciling, colouring, signing and exchanging of this piece of cloth took place at the end of an early phase in the conflict ‘in and about’ Northern Ireland, a period known as ‘reactive containment’ and characterised by political imprisonment. Stitching upon cloth, a feminine pursuit, was adapted by male prisoners to become widespread republican practice in the 1970s. The Armagh handkerchief considered here, represents a contradictory and borrowed form but one in which the gendered properties of cloth persist. Thus, the article also attends to the meanings of cloth itself. L’article porte sur un mouchoir décoré par des femmes de l’Armée Républicaine Irlandaise (IRA) pendant leur incarcération à la prison d’Armagh, en 1976. Il s’intéresse aux aspects concrets d’un objet genré et politisé. En effet, le tracé, le remplissage à la couleur, la signature et l’échange de ce tissu prennent place à la fin de la première phase du conflit en Irlande du Nord caractérisée par les emprisonnements politiques. Dans les années 1970, les prisonniers républicains adaptent une activité féminine, la broderie. Illustrant cette pratique, le mouchoir d’Armagh passe pour un exemple de tissu, certes hétérogène et marqué d’emprunts, mais qui conserve ses qualités liées au genre. Cet article s’intéresse donc aussi à la signification même du tissu. |
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culture matérielle tissu mouchoirs de prison prisonnières républicaines prison d’Armagh Irlande du Nord material culture cloth prison handkerchiefs republican women prisoners Armagh Jail Northern Ireland Purbrick, Louise Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976 |
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This article examines a handkerchief decorated by female members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) imprisoned in Armagh Jail, Northern Ireland, in 1976. It attends to the materiality of a gendered and politicised object. The stenciling, colouring, signing and exchanging of this piece of cloth took place at the end of an early phase in the conflict ‘in and about’ Northern Ireland, a period known as ‘reactive containment’ and characterised by political imprisonment. Stitching upon cloth, a feminine pursuit, was adapted by male prisoners to become widespread republican practice in the 1970s. The Armagh handkerchief considered here, represents a contradictory and borrowed form but one in which the gendered properties of cloth persist. Thus, the article also attends to the meanings of cloth itself. |
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Purbrick, Louise |
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Purbrick, Louise |
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Purbrick, Louise |
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Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976 |
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Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976 |
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Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976 |
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Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976 |
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Cloth, gender, politics: the Armagh Handkerchief, 1976 |
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cloth, gender, politics: the armagh handkerchief, 1976 |
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2018 |
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