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Re-orienting fashion : the globalization of Asian dress

Title
Re-orienting fashion : the globalization of Asian dress / edited by Sandra Niessen, Ann Marie Leshkowich, and Carla Jones.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Niessen, S. A.
  • Leshkowich, Ann Marie.
  • Jones, Carla.
Description
xii, 283 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X
Subject
  • Costume > Asia
  • Fashion > Asia
  • Clothing and dress > Cross-cultural studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the globalization of Asian dress: Re-orienting fashion or re-orientalizing Asia? / Carla Jones and Ann Marie Leshkowich -- 1. Three scenarios from Batak clothing history: Designing participation in the global fashion trajectory 49 / Sandra Niessen -- 2. The Ao Dai goes global: how international influences and female entrepreneurs have shaped Vietnam's "national costume" 79 / Ann Marie Leshkowich -- 3. Korean alterations: nationalism, social consciousness, and "traditional" clothing 117 / Rebecca Ruhlen -- 4. Designing diasporic markets: Asian fashion entrepreneurs in London 139 / Parminder Bhachu -- 5. National colors: ethnic minorities in Vietnamese public imagery / Hjorleifur R. Jonsson and Nora A. Taylor -- 6. Dress for sukses: fashioning femininity and nationality in urban Indonesia 185 / Carla Jones -- 7. Fashion-nation: a Japanese globalization experience and a Hong Kong dilemma 215 / Lise Skov -- Afterword: re-orienting fashion theory 243 / Sandra Niessen.
Call Number
*OAC 04-1641
ISBN
  • 1859735347
  • 1859735398
LCCN
2002155875
OCLC
51293829
Title
Re-orienting fashion : the globalization of Asian dress / edited by Sandra Niessen, Ann Marie Leshkowich, and Carla Jones.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003.
Series
Dress, body, culture, 1360-466X
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Niessen, S. A.
Leshkowich, Ann Marie.
Jones, Carla.
Research Call Number
*OAC 04-1641
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