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A32=Chie Miyawaki
A32=Eriko Aoki
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A32=Monisha Ahmed
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A32=Sachiko Kubota
A32=Willemijn de Jong
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Anthropology
Art History
artisanship
Asian Studies
Asian textiles and crafts
authenticity of handwork
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cross-cultural consumption
Cultural Studies
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Fashion Studies
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- ISBN 9781498586511
- Weight: 503g
- Dimensions: 154 x 218mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2022
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Textiles play a decisive role in history: attire not only indicates status, gender, ethnicity, and religion but illustrates how such boundaries are continuously being negotiated, shifted, and recreated. Fashionable Traditions captures the complex reality of Asian handmade textile production and consumption. From traditionalist discourse and cultural authenticity to fashion and market trends, the contributors to this collection demonstrate the multilayered influence of often contradictory forces. In-depth, ethnographic case studies reveal the entangled relationships between local artisans, external interventions, and consumers, while acknowledging the broader frameworks in which such relationships are situated. Together these stories offer a vivid account of the socio-economic, political, and cultural dynamics in various parts of Asia and emphasize that fashion is neither a Western prerogative nor do its roots reside solely in the West.
Ayami Nakatani is professor of cultural anthropology and director of the Discovery Program for Global Learners at Okayama University.
