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Dressing Global Bodies - The Political Power of Dress in World History (Hardcover)
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Dressing Global Bodies - The Political Power of Dress in World History (Hardcover)
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Dressing Global Bodies addresses the complex politics of dress and
fashion from a global perspective spanning four centuries, tying
the early global to more contemporary times, to reveal clothing
practice as a key cultural phenomenon and mechanism of defining
one's identity. This collection of essays explores how garments
reflect the hierarchies of value, collective and personal
inclinations, religious norms and conversions. Apparel is now
recognized for its seminal role in global, colonial and
post-colonial engagements and for its role in personal and
collective expression. Patterns of exchange and commerce are
discussed by contributing authors to analyse powerful and diverse
colonial and postcolonial practices. This volume rejects
assumptions surrounding a purportedly all-powerful Western
metropolitan fashion system and instead aims to emphasize how
diverse populations seized agency through the fashioning of dress.
Dressing Global Bodies contributes to a growing scholarship
considering gender and race, place and politics through the close
critical analysis of dress and fashion; it is an indispensable
volume for students of history and especially those interested in
fashion, textiles, material culture and the body across a wide time
frame.
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