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The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair
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funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Xenophobia, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, and War
This is a great overview of some of the important ways cloth, spinning, and fashion have influenced culture from the bringing of humanity. It deals with some heavy topics in an academic and explanatory way. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in fashion history or textiles. The author carefully navigates cultural many times and places and points out a long history of misogony, racism, and exploration that in seperable from the story of cloth. There is also some pretty gross content like how astronauts don't use a restroom. There is a candle made of human fat so be ready for that.
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