Firestorm BooksPurses have always been more than a fashion accessory! Join us to explore the relevance of these personal items to movements for social, economic, and political change π
On Saturday, August 9th, Firestorm Books will be hosting Furman University professor Kathleen B. Casey for a presentation of her new book "The Things She Carried: A Cultural History of the Purse in America." In conversation with fellow feminist educator Emily Taylor, Kathleen will discuss how and why purses became intimately linked with evolving understandings of gender, travel, waged work, and modernity.
"The Things She Carried" reveals how bags, sacks, and purses provided the methods and materials for activism, allowing carriers to transgress critical boundaries at key moments. Learn more about this author event, and the book, at https://firestorm.coop/events/3413-a-cultural-history-of-the-purse-in-america.html (link in bio).
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