Date of Award
Fall 2018
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Black Studies Program
First Advisor
Ahmad Shokr
Second Advisor
Robert Weinberg
Abstract
The quilters of Gee’s Bend have experienced an incredible transformation within their community as a result of the outside discovery of their quilts. After multiple interventions during which the quilts were taken out of their original context, the women have risen to fame in the art and quilt worlds. In this thesis, I examine the transformation that both the community and their quilting tradition have undergone as a result of the aforementioned interventions.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Catherine , '19, "Gee’s Bend and the Commodification of an African-American Tradition" (2018). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 568.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/568