Date of Award
4-23-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Kathryn A. Kozaitis - Committee Chair
Second Advisor
Emanuela Guano - Committee Member
Third Advisor
Jennifer Patico - Committee Member
Abstract
The phenomenon of knitting groups is an increasingly widespread trend in urban settings. In this thesis, I argue that the resurgence of knitting groups in contemporary urban areas is the result of a nostalgic search for a sense of community within an otherwise complex and sometimes alienating urban landscape. Through ethnographic research in Atlanta, GA, I examine how women knitters whom I interviewed theorize their own interactions in the knitting community and the ways in which technology serves to facilitate these interactions. With lives revolving mainly around family and careers, the women who join knitting groups seek an escape from everyday life, friendship without strings, and the communal gathering focused around a leisure activity which holds social significance in daily life.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1332023
Recommended Citation
Ruland, Gillian Barbara, "Stitching Together: An Exploration of Women's Sociality Through an Urban Knitting Group." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1332023