Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene
This paper approaches paratextual elements employing embroidery or stitching as illustrations. These elements used in Brazilian editorial projects reflect the ethos of an ambivalent type of feminine poetic imagery in which the materiality of fabric and thread conveys affects. Stitches become interme...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:interfaces_9348 https://doi.org/10.4000/13p0k urn:doi:10.4000/13p0k en https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/9348 2025-04-07T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/13p0k https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene Interfaces Université Bourgogne Europe info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2647-6754 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1164-6225 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces Vieira, Erika Viviane Costa intermédialité arts textiles paratextes illustrations brodées design de couverture références intermédiales para-picturalité interpicturalité intermediality paratext textile arts embroidered illustration book cover art intermedial reference parapictoriality interpictoriality This paper approaches paratextual elements employing embroidery or stitching as illustrations. These elements used in Brazilian editorial projects reflect the ethos of an ambivalent type of feminine poetic imagery in which the materiality of fabric and thread conveys affects. Stitches become intermedial references, to borrow from Irina Rajewsky’s (2005) semiotic categories, enacting what Liliane Louvel (2011) calls parapictorial and interpictorial practices. Further frameworks that inform the present article are the studies on textiles by Anni Albers (1974) and Rozsika Parker (1984). The argument that embroidered illustrations may mobilize material and sensorial media modalities also draws from Lars Elleström (2021) and relies on the notion of paratext defined by Gérard Genette (1997). The over-arching purpose is to reflect upon the intermedial role of embroidery and sewing on the Brazilian editorial scene, with the goal of encouraging discussions on materiality and the interplay between affect, femininity, image, text, and touch. Cet article porte sur les éléments paratextuels comportant des décorations brodées ou cousues à fonction illustrative. Dans certains projets éditoriaux d’œuvres littéraires au Brésil, l’usage de la broderie est représentatif de l’éthos d’un type ambivalent d’imagerie poétique féminine, où l’affect est évoqué par la matérialité du tissu et du fil. Cet article recourt aux catégories sémiotiques d’Irina Rajewsky (2005) afin de montrer que dans ces œuvres, les points de broderie deviennent des « références intermédiales » qui mettent en œuvre ce que Liliane Louvel (2011) a identifié comme étant des pratiques « para-picturales » et « interpicturales ». Notre article puise également dans les études textiles élaborées par Anni Albers (1974) et Rozsika Parker (1984). Enfin, la thèse selon laquelle les illustrations brodées peuvent faire appel aux modalités matérielles et sensorielles des media s’appuie sur les travaux de Lars Elleström (2021), aussi bien que sur la notion de paratexte de Gérard Genette (1997). Nous entendons ainsi réfléchir au rôle intermédial de la broderie et de la couture sur la scène éditoriale brésilienne, afin d’encourager une analyse matérielle des relations entre l’affect, la féminité, l’image, le texte et le toucher. |
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intermédialité arts textiles paratextes illustrations brodées design de couverture références intermédiales para-picturalité interpicturalité intermediality paratext textile arts embroidered illustration book cover art intermedial reference parapictoriality interpictoriality |
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intermédialité arts textiles paratextes illustrations brodées design de couverture références intermédiales para-picturalité interpicturalité intermediality paratext textile arts embroidered illustration book cover art intermedial reference parapictoriality interpictoriality Vieira, Erika Viviane Costa Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene |
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This paper approaches paratextual elements employing embroidery or stitching as illustrations. These elements used in Brazilian editorial projects reflect the ethos of an ambivalent type of feminine poetic imagery in which the materiality of fabric and thread conveys affects. Stitches become intermedial references, to borrow from Irina Rajewsky’s (2005) semiotic categories, enacting what Liliane Louvel (2011) calls parapictorial and interpictorial practices. Further frameworks that inform the present article are the studies on textiles by Anni Albers (1974) and Rozsika Parker (1984). The argument that embroidered illustrations may mobilize material and sensorial media modalities also draws from Lars Elleström (2021) and relies on the notion of paratext defined by Gérard Genette (1997). The over-arching purpose is to reflect upon the intermedial role of embroidery and sewing on the Brazilian editorial scene, with the goal of encouraging discussions on materiality and the interplay between affect, femininity, image, text, and touch. |
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Vieira, Erika Viviane Costa |
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Vieira, Erika Viviane Costa |
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Vieira, Erika Viviane Costa |
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Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene |
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Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene |
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Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene |
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Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene |
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Embroidery on the Cover and Beyond: Intermedial References of Threaded Embellishments on the Brazilian Editorial Scene |
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embroidery on the cover and beyond: intermedial references of threaded embellishments on the brazilian editorial scene |
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