| Description |
304 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Note |
"With 380 illustrations, 318 in colour". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-298) and index. |
| Contents |
The very fabric of existence : textiles in human consciousness -- Living on the earth : textiles and human survival -- The ties that bind : the social meanings of textiles -- Cloth and temporal power : money, trade, status, and control -- Cloth as communication : expressing meaning, messages, and beauty -- Textiles and the spirit : the sacred, spiritual, and healing significance of cloth. |
| Summary |
Discusses how textiles are an integral part of the human life journey from cradle to grave in a multitude of practical, symbolic and spiritual ways. This title illustrates the many uses of textiles in our everyday lives. It outlines how textiles are a means of communication functional, political and artistic and a metaphor for transcendence. |
| Subject |
Textile fabrics.
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Textile fabrics -- Social aspects.
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Clothing and dress -- Social aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780500515662: $60.00 |
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0500515662 |
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