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ethically-sourced fashion
gendered labor
heritage textiles
non-government organizations
Rana Plaza
silk sericulture
weaving
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- ISBN 9781526194770
- Weight: 538g
- Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Threads of globalization is an interdisciplinary volume that brings fashion-specific garments, motifs, materials, and methods of production into dialogue with gender and identity in various cultures throughout Asia during the long twentieth century. It examines how the shift from artisanal production to 'fast fashion' over the past 150 years has devalued women’s textile labour and how skilled textile/ garment makers and the organizations that support them are preserving and reviving heritage traditions. It also offers examples of how socially engaged artists in Asia and the diaspora use their work to criticize labour and environmental abuses in the global fashion industry.
Melia Belli Bose is an Associate Professor of South Asian Art History at the University of Victoria
