Textile, Volume 2, Issue 1: The Journal of Cloth and Culture - Softcover

Barnett, Pennina; Jefferies, Janis; Ross, Doran

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859737544 ISBN 13: 9781859737545

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2004

Synopsis

Cloth accesses an astonishingly broad range of human experiences. The raw material from which things are made, it has multiple associations: sensual, somatic, decorative, functional, and ritual. Yet although textiles are part of our everyday lives, their very familiarity and accessibility belie a complex set of histories and meanings. This is the first journal to look at the cultural meanings of textiles, with articles drawn from a wide range of disciplines. Heavily illustrated in full color, and featuring book and exhibition reviews, it brings together research in an innovative and distinctive forum, and will be essential reading for all those interested in textiles, material culture, and design.

About this title

About the Author

Pennina Barnett is Senior Lecturer and Janis Jefferies is Head of Department, both at Department of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Doran Ross is at UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859737544
• ISBN 13: 9781859737545
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128