Beverly Gordon
Biographic Data
| ID | 681673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beverly Gordon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beverly |
| FAMILY NAME | Gordon |
| SIGNATURE | GORDON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-1891-7878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Fashion, Women and Power: The Politics of Dress, Denise N. Rall (ed.) (2022)
Review of: Fashion, Women and Power: The Politics of Dress , Denise N. Rall (ed.) (2022) Bristol: Intellect Ltd., 235 pp., ISBN 978-1-78938-461-1, p/bk, £22.00/$29.99
Beading Culture: Raised Beadwork and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Book Review| January 01 2018 Beading Culture: Raised Beadwork and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Beading Culture: Raised Beadwork and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, exhibition at James Watrous Gallery, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI, September 16 to November 6, 2016. Jody Clowes and Anne Pryor, Curators. Beverly Gordon Beverly Gordon University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Emerita Search for other works by this author on: This Site…
Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800
This stunning book is a scholarly but accessible catalog for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2013 exhibition “Interwoven Globe.” Amelia Peck, curator of American Decorative Arts, conceived the exh
History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400–2000 , edited by Pat Kirkham and Susan Weber
(2015). History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400–2000, edited by Pat Kirkham and Susan Weber. Design and Culture: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 136-138
Textile Futures: Fashion, Design and Technology , by Bradley Quinn
(2012). Textile Futures: Fashion, Design and Technology, by Bradley Quinn. Design and Culture: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 116-118
Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes , edited by Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen
Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing , by Mary C. Beaudry
(2009). Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing, by Mary C. Beaudry. Design and Culture: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 138-140
Embodiment, Community Building, and Aesthetic Saturation in "Restroom World," a Backstage Women's Space
This case study focuses on a functioning campus bathroom that has been transformed into a sensually rich women's community space and explores how women have created meaning in a private context where their own norms prevail. The women have built an embodied environment, where ordinary objects are used to foster connectedness, expressiveness, and creativity. They value playfulness, good humor, and an aesthetically elaborated environment that cater…
Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter . Daniel Miller
Bazaars and Fair Ladies: The History of the American Fundraising Fair
Journal Article Bazaars and Fair Ladies: The History of the American Fundraising Fair. By Beverly Gordon. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1998. xxviii, 285 pp. $45.00, ISBN 1-57233-014-7.) Get access Kathleen Waters Sander Kathleen Waters Sander University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 2, September 1999, Pages 767…
Spinning Wheels, Samplers, and the Modern Priscilla: The Images and Paradoxes of Colonial Revival Needlework
"Amateurs" and advocates: Women and the arts in the progressive era
“Amateurs” and Advocates: Women and the Arts in the Progessive Era Beverly Gordon (bio) The Torchbearers: Women and Their Amateur Arts Associations in America, 1890–1930. By Karen J. Blair. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. x+259 pages. $29.95. In the introduction to The Torchbearers: Women and Their Amateur Arts Associations in America, 1890–1930, Karen Blair states that the nineteenth-century belief that women were “to ornament, rath…
Woman's Domestic Body: The Conceptual Conflation of Women and Interiors in the Industrial Age
They Don't Wear Wigs Here: Issues and Complexities in the Development of an Exhibition
but suggestive of small-scale, peasantlike houses. In cases relating to the New World, the stamped design changes to evoke more of a crowded cityscape. There are platforms attached to some of the cases, furthermore, with different types of interactive materials, such as booklets with other information about the ideas discussed (e.g., giving the rules for keeping a kosher home) or the tear-off recipe.31 The looseleaf binders serve this same functi…
Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850 . Betty Ring
African-American Cultural Knowledge and Liberatory Education: Dilemmas, Problems, and Potentials in a Postmodern American Society
African-American scholars, although marginalized, can still disseminate liberatory education by using cultural knowledge as a form of discourse. It is argued that African-Americans, other people of color, and those committed to moving toward a democratic society, must counter Anglohegemony by continuing to employ liberatory and emancipatory pedagogy in schools and other learning institutions and situations. These actions pose a challenge to the c…
Black aesthetic: Reconstructing classroom pedagogy as alternative narratives for teachers and students
Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education
Introduction Part One - Setting the Stage: Multicultural Education within a Sociopolitical Context 1 Understanding the Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education 2 About Terminology 3 Multicultural Education and School Reform Part Two - Developing a Conceptual Framework for Multicultural Education 4 Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of Students' Achievement Chapter 4 Case Studies: Linda Howard, Rashaud Kates, Vanessa Mattison 5 Stru…
Victorian Fancy Goods: Another Reappraisal of Shaker Material Culture
Northern Athapaskan Art: A Beadwork Tradition
Implicit Assumptions of the Holmes and Carnegie Reports: A View from an African-American Perspective
Since the 1890s, American educators have focused on various reforms and evaluations in the hope of allegedly guaranteeing youth a quality education. One of the manifestations of this concern has been the periodic appearance of national committee reports that seek to reform existing programs. The reports of the Committee of Fifteen, the Committee of Ten, the Cardinal Principles, among others, all have their historical roots in the issue of reform.…
The Souvenir: Messenger of the Extraordinary
Toward Emancipation in Citizenship Education: The Case of African-American Cultural Knowledge
(1985). Toward Emancipation in Citizenship Education: The Case of African-American Cultural Knowledge. Theory & Research in Social Education: Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 1-23
Teaching teachers: Nation at risk? and the issue of knowledge in teacher education
Shaker Textile Arts
The Souvenir: Messenger of the Extraordinary
Toward Emancipation in Citizenship Education: The Case of African-American Cultural Knowledge
(1985). Toward Emancipation in Citizenship Education: The Case of African-American Cultural Knowledge. Theory & Research in Social Education: Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 1-23
African-American Cultural Knowledge and Liberatory Education: Dilemmas, Problems, and Potentials in a Postmodern American Society
African-American scholars, although marginalized, can still disseminate liberatory education by using cultural knowledge as a form of discourse. It is argued that African-Americans, other people of color, and those committed to moving toward a democratic society, must counter Anglohegemony by continuing to employ liberatory and emancipatory pedagogy in schools and other learning institutions and situations. These actions pose a challenge to the c…
Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education
Introduction Part One - Setting the Stage: Multicultural Education within a Sociopolitical Context 1 Understanding the Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education 2 About Terminology 3 Multicultural Education and School Reform Part Two - Developing a Conceptual Framework for Multicultural Education 4 Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of Students' Achievement Chapter 4 Case Studies: Linda Howard, Rashaud Kates, Vanessa Mattison 5 Stru…
Teaching teachers: Nation at risk? and the issue of knowledge in teacher education
Embodiment, Community Building, and Aesthetic Saturation in "Restroom World," a Backstage Women's Space
This case study focuses on a functioning campus bathroom that has been transformed into a sensually rich women's community space and explores how women have created meaning in a private context where their own norms prevail. The women have built an embodied environment, where ordinary objects are used to foster connectedness, expressiveness, and creativity. They value playfulness, good humor, and an aesthetically elaborated environment that cater…
Implicit Assumptions of the Holmes and Carnegie Reports: A View from an African-American Perspective
Since the 1890s, American educators have focused on various reforms and evaluations in the hope of allegedly guaranteeing youth a quality education. One of the manifestations of this concern has been the periodic appearance of national committee reports that seek to reform existing programs. The reports of the Committee of Fifteen, the Committee of Ten, the Cardinal Principles, among others, all have their historical roots in the issue of reform.…
The Fiber of Our Lives: Trends and attitudes about women's textile art as reflected in the literature in America 1876–1976
Shaker Textile Arts
Shaker Textile Arts
Toward Emancipation in Citizenship Education: The Case of African-American Cultural Knowledge
(1985). Toward Emancipation in Citizenship Education: The Case of African-American Cultural Knowledge. Theory & Research in Social Education: Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 1-23
Teaching teachers: Nation at risk? and the issue of knowledge in teacher education
The Souvenir: Messenger of the Extraordinary
Implicit Assumptions of the Holmes and Carnegie Reports: A View from an African-American Perspective
Since the 1890s, American educators have focused on various reforms and evaluations in the hope of allegedly guaranteeing youth a quality education. One of the manifestations of this concern has been the periodic appearance of national committee reports that seek to reform existing programs. The reports of the Committee of Fifteen, the Committee of Ten, the Cardinal Principles, among others, all have their historical roots in the issue of reform.…
Victorian Fancy Goods: Another Reappraisal of Shaker Material Culture
Northern Athapaskan Art: A Beadwork Tradition
Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education
Introduction Part One - Setting the Stage: Multicultural Education within a Sociopolitical Context 1 Understanding the Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education 2 About Terminology 3 Multicultural Education and School Reform Part Two - Developing a Conceptual Framework for Multicultural Education 4 Racism, Discrimination, and Expectations of Students' Achievement Chapter 4 Case Studies: Linda Howard, Rashaud Kates, Vanessa Mattison 5 Stru…
African-American Cultural Knowledge and Liberatory Education: Dilemmas, Problems, and Potentials in a Postmodern American Society
African-American scholars, although marginalized, can still disseminate liberatory education by using cultural knowledge as a form of discourse. It is argued that African-Americans, other people of color, and those committed to moving toward a democratic society, must counter Anglohegemony by continuing to employ liberatory and emancipatory pedagogy in schools and other learning institutions and situations. These actions pose a challenge to the c…
Black aesthetic: Reconstructing classroom pedagogy as alternative narratives for teachers and students
Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850 . Betty Ring
They Don't Wear Wigs Here: Issues and Complexities in the Development of an Exhibition
but suggestive of small-scale, peasantlike houses. In cases relating to the New World, the stamped design changes to evoke more of a crowded cityscape. There are platforms attached to some of the cases, furthermore, with different types of interactive materials, such as booklets with other information about the ideas discussed (e.g., giving the rules for keeping a kosher home) or the tear-off recipe.31 The looseleaf binders serve this same functi…
Woman's Domestic Body: The Conceptual Conflation of Women and Interiors in the Industrial Age
"Amateurs" and advocates: Women and the arts in the progressive era
“Amateurs” and Advocates: Women and the Arts in the Progessive Era Beverly Gordon (bio) The Torchbearers: Women and Their Amateur Arts Associations in America, 1890–1930. By Karen J. Blair. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. x+259 pages. $29.95. In the introduction to The Torchbearers: Women and Their Amateur Arts Associations in America, 1890–1930, Karen Blair states that the nineteenth-century belief that women were “to ornament, rath…
Spinning Wheels, Samplers, and the Modern Priscilla: The Images and Paradoxes of Colonial Revival Needlework
Bazaars and Fair Ladies: The History of the American Fundraising Fair
Journal Article Bazaars and Fair Ladies: The History of the American Fundraising Fair. By Beverly Gordon. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1998. xxviii, 285 pp. $45.00, ISBN 1-57233-014-7.) Get access Kathleen Waters Sander Kathleen Waters Sander University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 2, September 1999, Pages 767…
Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter . Daniel Miller
Embodiment, Community Building, and Aesthetic Saturation in "Restroom World," a Backstage Women's Space
This case study focuses on a functioning campus bathroom that has been transformed into a sensually rich women's community space and explores how women have created meaning in a private context where their own norms prevail. The women have built an embodied environment, where ordinary objects are used to foster connectedness, expressiveness, and creativity. They value playfulness, good humor, and an aesthetically elaborated environment that cater…
Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing , by Mary C. Beaudry
(2009). Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing, by Mary C. Beaudry. Design and Culture: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 138-140
Textile Futures: Fashion, Design and Technology , by Bradley Quinn
(2012). Textile Futures: Fashion, Design and Technology, by Bradley Quinn. Design and Culture: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 116-118
Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes , edited by Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen
History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400–2000 , edited by Pat Kirkham and Susan Weber
(2015). History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400–2000, edited by Pat Kirkham and Susan Weber. Design and Culture: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 136-138
Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800
This stunning book is a scholarly but accessible catalog for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2013 exhibition “Interwoven Globe.” Amelia Peck, curator of American Decorative Arts, conceived the exh
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