Decorated Handkerchiefs: cotton, colours and conflict ‘in and about’ Northern Ireland

Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference

English - December 05, 2014 10:35 - 23 minutes - 26.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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This paper examines a cotton handkerchief decorated by women republican prisoners Armagh Jail in 1976. It considers the power of cloth, its appropriation and circulation through in prisons of the conflict ‘in and about’ Northern Ireland.