The space between mourning and melancholia : the use of cloth in contemporary art practice to materialise the work of mourning

This research project examines the language of grief in textile art practice. It takes as its starting point the idea that, as individuals with experience of bereavement, we may carry with us an element of unresolved mourning. This is not the pathological condition of melancholia or complicated mour...

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Main Author: Ayling-Smith, Beverly
Published: University of Brighton 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.715725