Megan Sweeney
Mendings
Mendings
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Mendings is a narrative about family, selfhood, and the love and loss lodged in garments, exploring how clothing fosters communication and enables us to cultivate relationships with ourselves and others. It also highlights the entwinement of clothing, race, and gender, and the ethics and environmental effects of clothing consumption.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 04 April 2023
Publisher: Duke University Press
Mendings is a deeply personal and introspective film that explores the complex themes of family, selfhood, and the profound emotional connections we have with the garments we wear. Directed by Megan Sweeney, the film delves into the intricate relationship between Sweeney and her mother, her fraught relationship with her alcoholic father, and her profound attachment to the clothes that have mended her over the years. Through a series of intimate conversations and evocative imagery, Mendings sheds light on the ways in which clothing fosters communication, enables us to cultivate relationships with ourselves and others, both living and deceased, and plays a significant role in shaping our identities and experiences.
In dialogue with a diverse range of individuals, including clothing lovers, writers, fiber artists, evolutionary biologists, historians, and environmentalists, Sweeney examines the intricate entwinement of clothing, race, and gender. She raises important questions about the ethics and environmental consequences of clothing consumption, the history of clothing in the US prison system, and the roles that textiles play as sources of creativity, artistry, and self-fashioning, even within conditions of constraint.
For Sweeney, the act of mending is not just a practical skill or a means of repairing damaged clothing; it is a way of living that allows her to embrace the imperfections and vulnerabilities of her body and her garments as part of her unique life design. Mendings is a powerful meditation on the human experience, reminding us of the profound emotional connections we have with the things we wear and the ways in which clothing can help us navigate the complexities of life.
Weight: 445g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781478019107
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