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Claudia Roth's work on Bobo-Dioulasso, a city of half a million
residents in Burkina Faso, provides uniquely detailed insight into
the evolving life-world of a West African urban population in one
of the poorest countries in the world. Closely documenting the
livelihood strategies of members of various neighbourhoods, Roth's
work calls into question established notions of "the African
family" as a solidary network, documents changing marriage and
kinship relations under the impact of a persistent economic crisis,
and explores the increasingly precarious social status of young
women and men.
The ethnographic case studies conducted in rural and ur- ban India
and Burkina Faso show that large parts of the poor population are
aging in insecurity. Not only is public support insufficient, but
family support is limited. The issue of gender is a special focus
of interest in this volume. The book contributes to the expanding
field of social security studies in the social sciences that try to
answer crucial issues in today's societies.
Willemijn de Jong is associate professor at the Institute of
Social Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Claudia
Roth is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Social
Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Fatoumata
Badini-Kinda is a lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology at the
University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Seema Bhagyanath teaches
at the Department of Sociology, University of Pune, India.
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.
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.
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