1: Fiber art and the struggle for legitimacy: The category of fiber art
Cultural definitions of textiles and the bauhaus weavers
Fiber art, the craft revival of the 1960s and 1970s, and popular craft
The critical reception of fiber art in the 1960s and 1970s
Mildred Constantine and the battle for fiber art
2: Process art, postminimalism, and materiality: Felt in the work of Robert Morris
The critical reception of the felts
String, rope, and cord in the work of Eva Hesse
The reception of Hesse's work in fiber
Fiber, tactility, and the boundary between art and non-art
3: The feminist politicization of the art/craft divide: Promises and problems of the feminist critique of the hierarchy of art and craft
Faith Ringgold: "A painter who works in the quilt medium"
Miriam Schapiro: "The quiet revolution"
Ringgold, Schapiro, and the art world's appropriation of quilting
Harmony Hammond: the mythic space of the "feminine stitch"
Judy Chicago: the vitality of embroidery
Conclusion: fiber, craft, and contemporary art.
