How Textile Communicates

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. <br/>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 <i>How Textile Communicates</i>, 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.<br/><br/> 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.