BIBFRAME Work

Title

How textile communicates

Type

  • Text
  • Monograph

Contribution

Subject

  • Communication visuelle (RVM)
  • Communication (LCSH)
  • Textile fabrics (LCSH)
  • Textiles et tissus (RVM)
  • Textile fabrics--Social aspects (LCSH)
  • Indigenous arts--Economic aspects (LCSH)
  • Information (RVM)
  • cloth (AAT)
  • Textiles et tissus--Aspect social (RVM)

Language

Illustrative Content

Classification

Content

Supplementary content

Summary

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Textile as Communication -- Part I. Communicative Power. Chapter 1. Unraveling Textile from Commodity to Communication ; Chapter 2. Quechua Textility -- Part II. Technology and Imagination. Chapter 3. Jacquard and the Creativity of Extensions ; Chapter 4. Communicating Across the Abyss -- Part III. Transformative Entanglements. Chapter 5. Reweaving the Interface ; Chapter 6. Kené, or the Promise of Un-knowing -- Part IV. Cosmomedia. Chapter 7. Cosmomedia: the Tale of Two Indigos -- Conclusion: The Shape of Things to Come.

Authorized Access Point

Langlois, Ganaele. How textile communicates

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:18:57.756513+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23966957

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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