Contemporary African fashion

edited by Suzanne Gott and Kristyne Loughran; foreword by Joanne B. Eicher

African fashion is as diverse and dynamic as the continent and the people who live there. This book puts Africa at the intersection of world cultures and globalized identities, displaying the powerful creative force and impact of newly emerging styles. Richly illustrated with color photographs, this book showcases haute couture for the African continent--[Book cover]

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Year of publication:	c2010
Other Persons:	Gott, Edith Suzanne (contributor) ; Loughran, Kristyne (contributor)
Publisher:	Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press
Subject:	Bekleidungsindustrie \| Clothing industry \| Mode \| Fashion \| Afrika \| Africa \| Textilhandwerk \| Textile trades
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xvii, 228 p) ill. (chiefly col.) 23 cm
Series:	African expressive cultures
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references Contents; Foreword by Joanne B. Eicher; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One. Fashion within the African Continent; 1. The Ghanaian Kaba: Fashion That Sustains Culture; 2. The Visual City: Tailors, Creativity, and Urban Life in Dakar, Senegal; 3. Secondhand Clothing and Fashion in Africa; 4. Fashion, Not Weather: A Rural Primer of Style; 5. Contemporary Wedding Fashions in Lagos, Nigeria; Part Two . African Fashion Designers; 6. African Fashion: Design, Identity, and History; 7. Using the Past to Sculpt the Costume of the Future: An Interview with Kandioura Coulibaly 8. Intersecting Creativities: Oumou Sy's Costumes in the Dakar Landscape9. From Cemetery to Runway: Dress and Identity in Highland Madagascar; Part Three. African Fashion in the Diaspora; 10. La Sape Exposed! High Fashion among Lower-Class CongoleseYouth: From Colonial Modernity to Global Cosmopolitanism; 11. Have Cloth-Will Travel; 12. Dressing Somali (Some Assembly Required); 13. Translating African Textiles into U.S. Fashion Design: Brenda Winstead and Damali Afrikan Wear; Further Readings; List of Contributing Authors Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-253-22256-7 ; 978-0-253-22303-6 ; 978-0-253-00164-1 ; 978-0-253-22256-5 ; 978-0-253-22256-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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