DePaul University Via Sapientiae College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 6-2014 Piecing together creativity: feminist aesthetics and the crafting of quilts Melanie Anne Pauls DePaul University,
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[email protected]. Piecing Together Creativity: Feminist Aesthetics and the Crafting of Quilts A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts June, 2014 BY Melanie Anne Pauls Department of Women's and Gender Studies College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Depaul University Chicago, Illinois 2 Acknowledgements: Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Kelly Committee Members: Dr. Joanna Gardner-Huggett Dr. Beth Catlett This thesis would not have been possible without the inspiration and assistance of: Dr. Namita Goswami, Dr. Laila Farah, Dr. Frida Kerner Furman, Dr. Ann Russo, Dr. Darrel Moore, and Leo Masalihit. Jon Cohen, Jennifer Pauls, Kathy Pauls, Daniel Pauls, Stephanie Pauls, Cecilia Roberts, Lavinia Roberts, Abbey Fox, and my creative extended family (past and present). 3 Table of Contents 1: Introduction .