Devil's fabric

Author: Michelle Pastouret
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is not limited to the Middle Ages or to clothing; it traces the history of stripes and striped clothing up to the late 20th century in which we live. Medieval stripes are the reason for chaos and inversion, while modern stripes gradually become the reason for establishing order, becoming a tool for creating order. However, if stripes construct the world and society, then they themselves are limited in organization. They not only function on all carriers but can also become their own carrier. When they become their own carrier, they become elusive. What is being discussed here is not the semiotic meaning of stripes but social history. The issue of stripes actually raises a consideration of the relationship between the tangible and the social in a specific society.