Unstitching Colonialism: South Indian Missionary School Samplers

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16/07/2020 32 min Temporada 1 Episodio 10
Unstitching Colonialism: South Indian Missionary School Samplers

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In this episode, Isabella examines a group of mid-19th-century samplers made by South Indian girls in a missionary school run by a British woman. She discusses the intersection of these samplers and colonialism, focusing on evidence of colonialism in the samplers' threads, inscriptions, and compositions. 

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