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“Graffiti in Knit” commentary by GSU Student

Check out the commentary and photos on Social Shutter by Chandra D. Ward, a Doctoral student in Sociology at Georgia State University.

knit graffiti
photo by Chandra D. Ward
Explore more scholarly analyses of knitting as being “reclaimed” by women and men, as challenging and/or reinforcing traditional gender norms in these Georgia State University Library resources:

Social Shutter (edited by GSU sociology professor Deirdre Oakley, and GSU sociology graduate students Angie Luvara and Chandra Ward) is an online “weekly venue for photo essays and single photos with extended captions about everyday social life.”  Submissions welcome!