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.

שנה

2002

שפה

English

הוצאה

Berg Publishers

מהדורות

2

עמודים

224

ISBN

9781859735930

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