The Global Circulation of African Fashion (Dress, Body, Culture)
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: November 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781859735985
Subjects: Costume; Fashion design; General; Reference; Art; Africa; Clothing trade; Reference / General; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Fashion; Anthropology - Cultural
Description: 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.