Making and Metaphor: Hooked Rug Development in Newfoundland, 1973-2003

The hooked rug has risen to iconic status as a representation of Newfoundland and Labrador crafts. The rug has evolved from being a mostly functional item, used to keep people's feet warm, to a production-line commodity and, recently, has come to prominence as expressive culture. There are para...

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Main Author: Flynn, Paula
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Material Culture Review / Revue de la culture matérielle 2004
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Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17994
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spelling ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/17994 2023-05-15T17:21:17+02:00 Making and Metaphor: Hooked Rug Development in Newfoundland, 1973-2003 Flynn, Paula 2004-06-06 text/html application/pdf https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17994 eng eng Material Culture Review / Revue de la culture matérielle https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17994/21957 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17994/19270 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17994 Copyright (c) 2015 Material Culture Review / Revue de la culture matérielle Material Culture Review; Volume 60, Fall/Automne 2004 Revue de la culture matérielle; Volume 60, Fall/Automne 2004 1927-9264 1718-1259 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2004 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:50:05Z The hooked rug has risen to iconic status as a representation of Newfoundland and Labrador crafts. The rug has evolved from being a mostly functional item, used to keep people's feet warm, to a production-line commodity and, recently, has come to prominence as expressive culture. There are parallels in the American Craft Movement wherein commodification often changed, or even usurped, meaning: the creative act was supplanted by the emphasis on the product itself. Valuebecomes a socio-economic/socio-cultural determinant. Résumé Le tapis au crochet a maintenant caractère d'em-blème'de l'artisanat de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Autrefois article principalement fonctionnel, qui gardait les pieds au chaud, il est devenu un produit de travail à la chaîne, puis, plus récemment, un élément d'expression de la culture. Il y a des parallèles à établir entre cette évolution et celle de 1'American Craft Movement, au cours de laquelle la réification a souvent changé ou même usurpé la signification de l'artisanat : l'acte de création a été supplanté par l'accent mis sur le produit lui-même. La valeur devient un déterminant socioéconomi-que et socioculturel. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Terre-Neuve University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals Newfoundland
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description The hooked rug has risen to iconic status as a representation of Newfoundland and Labrador crafts. The rug has evolved from being a mostly functional item, used to keep people's feet warm, to a production-line commodity and, recently, has come to prominence as expressive culture. There are parallels in the American Craft Movement wherein commodification often changed, or even usurped, meaning: the creative act was supplanted by the emphasis on the product itself. Valuebecomes a socio-economic/socio-cultural determinant. Résumé Le tapis au crochet a maintenant caractère d'em-blème'de l'artisanat de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Autrefois article principalement fonctionnel, qui gardait les pieds au chaud, il est devenu un produit de travail à la chaîne, puis, plus récemment, un élément d'expression de la culture. Il y a des parallèles à établir entre cette évolution et celle de 1'American Craft Movement, au cours de laquelle la réification a souvent changé ou même usurpé la signification de l'artisanat : l'acte de création a été supplanté par l'accent mis sur le produit lui-même. La valeur devient un déterminant socioéconomi-que et socioculturel.
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