The Global Circulation of African Fashion

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. Global Suitcases: The Informal African Fashion Network -- Fashion And The Meanings Of Tradition In Senegal -- Fashioning Postcolonial Identities In Kenya -- The World Bank, Jcpenney, And Artisanal African Fashion In Los Angeles -- Fact, Fabrication And Material Misreading: The Genealogy Of Authentic African Print Fabric -- The Entanglements Of Exchange, The Pleasures Of Production, And The Ethics Of Export. Leslie W. Rabine. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. [place Of Publication Not Identified] : Hathitrust Digital Library, 2010. Miaahdl Master And Use Copy. Digital Master Created According To Benchmark For Faithful Digital Reproductions Of Monographs And Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. Http://purl.oclc.org/dlf/benchrepro0212 Miaahdl English. Digitized 2010 Hathitrust Digital Library Committed To Preserve Pda Miaahdl