Deborah Weagel
Biographic Data
| ID | 910507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah Weagel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah |
| FAMILY NAME | Weagel |
| SIGNATURE | WEAGEL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Helen's Quilt as Autobiographical, Social, and Political Text in Thomas King's Truth and Bright Water
Helen's quilt in Thomas King's novel Truth and Bright Water tells the story of her personal metamorphosis and, as such, can be viewed as an autobiographical, social, and political text. This essay illustrates how, through quiltmaking, Helen finds discrete parts of herself and emerges from erasure as an indigenous woman
Image as Text, Text as Image: Quilts and Quiltmaking in Eric Gansworth's Mending Skins
Image as Text, Text as Image:Quilts and Quiltmaking in Eric Gansworth's Mending Skins Deborah Weagel (bio) "Piecing" means the sewing together of small fragments of fabric cut into geometric shapes, so that they form a pattern. The design unit is called the block or patch; "patchwork" is the joining of these design units into an overall design. The assembled patches are then attached to a heavy backing with either simple or elaborate stitches in …
Language, Diaspora, and Identity: An Interview with Yasmine Gooneratne
(2008). Language, Diaspora, and Identity: An Interview with Yasmine Gooneratne. South Asian Review: Vol. 29, Perspectives on South Asian Women's Writing, pp. 269-279
Prologue
Elucidating Abstract Concepts and Complexity in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine through Metaphors of Quilts and Quilt Making
Women's traditional occupations, their arts and crafts, and their literature and philosophies are more often accretive than linear, more achronological than chronological, and more dependent on harmonious relationships of all elements within a field of perception than western culture in general is thought to be. Indeed, the patchwork quilt is the best material example I can think of to describe the plot and process of a traditional tribal narrati…
The Metaphor of Quilts and Quiltmaking in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine
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The Metaphor of Quilts and Quiltmaking in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine
Elucidating Abstract Concepts and Complexity in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine through Metaphors of Quilts and Quilt Making
Women's traditional occupations, their arts and crafts, and their literature and philosophies are more often accretive than linear, more achronological than chronological, and more dependent on harmonious relationships of all elements within a field of perception than western culture in general is thought to be. Indeed, the patchwork quilt is the best material example I can think of to describe the plot and process of a traditional tribal narrati…
Language, Diaspora, and Identity: An Interview with Yasmine Gooneratne
(2008). Language, Diaspora, and Identity: An Interview with Yasmine Gooneratne. South Asian Review: Vol. 29, Perspectives on South Asian Women's Writing, pp. 269-279
Prologue
Image as Text, Text as Image: Quilts and Quiltmaking in Eric Gansworth's Mending Skins
Image as Text, Text as Image:Quilts and Quiltmaking in Eric Gansworth's Mending Skins Deborah Weagel (bio) "Piecing" means the sewing together of small fragments of fabric cut into geometric shapes, so that they form a pattern. The design unit is called the block or patch; "patchwork" is the joining of these design units into an overall design. The assembled patches are then attached to a heavy backing with either simple or elaborate stitches in …
Helen's Quilt as Autobiographical, Social, and Political Text in Thomas King's Truth and Bright Water
Helen's quilt in Thomas King's novel Truth and Bright Water tells the story of her personal metamorphosis and, as such, can be viewed as an autobiographical, social, and political text. This essay illustrates how, through quiltmaking, Helen finds discrete parts of herself and emerges from erasure as an indigenous woman
Art (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Quilt (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)