The Global Circulation of African Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)

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The Global Circulation of African Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)

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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Publisher
Berg Publishers
Language
English
Pages
224

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Cover of: The Global Circulation of African Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)
The Global Circulation of African Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)
November 1, 2002, Berg Publishers
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Global Circulation of African Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)
The Global Circulation of African Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)
November 1, 2002, Berg Publishers
Hardcover in English

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Library of Congress
MLCM 2015/41401 (H), GT500, TT504.6.A35 R33 2002eb

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
224
Dimensions
8.7 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
Weight
13.8 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8623468M
ISBN 10
1859735983
ISBN 13
9781859735985
LCCN
2008357051
OCLC/WorldCat
59489373, 49690698, 1201425914
LibraryThing
5993232
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.5040/9781847888891
Goodreads
52728

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5097809W

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