The global circulation of African fashion / Leslie W. Rabine.
Transnational movements of people, cultural objects, images and identities have played a vital role in creating an informal global network for African fashion - from clothing designers and tailors to dyers and jewellery makers. This book traces the c hanging meanings, aesthetics and histories of the...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Berg,
2002.
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| Series: | Dress, body, culture.
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| Online Access: | Berg Fashion Library |
| Summary: | Transnational movements of people, cultural objects, images and identities have played a vital role in creating an informal global network for African fashion - from clothing designers and tailors to dyers and jewellery makers. This book traces the c hanging meanings, aesthetics and histories of the thriving informal African fashion network through its multicultural cross-roads of Los Angeles, Kenya and Senegal. In African communities, designers compete with each other to survive and often t ravel long distances in search of new markets. Such competition and bridging of cultures fuels creat. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280548371 1845205766 9781280548376 9781845205768 |
| DOI: | 10.2752/9781847888891 |