Millar, Lesley

Reading the Thread: Cloth and Communication

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ISBN 13:: 9781350320482
author:: Millar, Lesley
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2024
Pages:: 240
Dimensions:: 27.6 x 21.9 x 2.5 centimetres (0
Genre:: Arts & Photography, Art, Design,
Condition:: New
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Reading the Thread Cloth and Communication explores the nature and use of cloth as a means of record and communication. This multidisciplinary approach weaves together threads from various disciplines to examine the role of cloth in shaping human experience.

The book delves into histories of making, cultural practices, and contemporary challenges, using the metaphorical thread to link different perspectives on cloth production, lineage practices, and sustainable futures. Beautifully illustrated with over 50 color images, it offers a diverse range of viewpoints and voices to interrogate cloth as a record of experience within its social, historical, psychological, and cultural context.

Provocative and timely, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of textiles, fashion, material culture, art, and anthropology. Its exploration of our encounters with cloth and its role in the exploration of identity and biography makes it a vital contribution to ongoing debates in these fields.

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