How Textile Communicates

From Codes to Cosmotechnics

von Ganaele Langlois

224 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Textile has been used as a medium of communication since the prehistoric period. Up until the 19th century, civilizations throughout the world manipulated thread and fabric to communicate in a way that would astound many of us now. Unlike text and images, textile is haptic and three-dimensional. Its meaning is unfixed, constantly shifting as it circulates between different owners and creators. In How Textile Communicates, Ganaele Langlois dissects textile's unique capacity for communication through a range of global case studies, before examining the profound impact of colonialism on textile practice and the appropriation of this medium by capitalist systems. A thought-provoking contribution to the fields of both fashion and communication studies, Langlois' writing challenges readers' preconceptions and shines new light on the profound impact of textiles on human communication.

• ISBN: 9781350384347
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.01.2024
• Größe: 236 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic