Garments of Paradise: Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age

by Susan Elizabeth Ryan

A historical and critical view of wearable technologies that considers them as acts of communication in a social landscape.

Wearable technology--whether a Walkman in the 1970s, an LED-illuminated gown in the 2000s, or Google Glass today--makes the wearer visible in a technologically literate environment. Twenty years ago, wearable technology reflected cultural preoccupations with cyborgs and augmented reality; today, it reflects our newer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262027445
• ISBN13: 9780262027441
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher