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Author:   Sandra Niessen ,  Ann Marie Leshkowich ,  Carla Jones
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Volume:   v. 29
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781859735343

ISBN 10:   1859735347
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 April 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Globalization of Asian Dress: Re-Orienting Fashion or Re-Orientalizing Asia? 1 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 159 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 Index 267

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'This is a very good book that will be read with great appreciation by people who understand the importance of fashion in the web of human society.' Fashion Theory 'This book will be useful to readers (or fashion theorists) who are interested in understanding globalization of Asian dress from anthropological, sociological, political and historical perspectives.' Myoung Kim, University of Wisconsin, in International Textile and Apparel Association newsletter (Jan 06)

'This is a very good book that will be read with great appreciation by people who understand the importance of fashion in the web of human society.' Fashion Theory 'This book will be useful to readers (or fashion theorists) who are interested in understanding globalization of Asian dress from anthropological, sociological, political and historical perspectives.' Myoung Kim, University of Wisconsin, in International Textile and Apparel Association newsletter (Jan 06)

Author Information

Sandra Niessen is an Anthropologist, Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta. Ann Marie Leshkowich is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross. Carla Jones is Vernacular Modernities Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University.

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