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Fashioning Globalisation: New Zealand Design, Working Women and the Cultural Economy
Maureen Molloy
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Description for Fashioning Globalisation: New Zealand Design, Working Women and the Cultural Economy
Paperback. Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on this phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalization and female emancipation. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFFS; JHB; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation.
Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation.
- A major conceptual contribution to the literatures on globalisation, fashion and gender, analysing the ways in which women’s entry into the labour force over the past thirty years in the developed world has underpinned new forms of aestheticised production and consumption as well as the growth of ‘work-style’ businesses
- A vital contribution to the burgeoning literature ... Read more
- Introduces fashion scholars and economic geographers to a paradigmatic example of the new designer fashion industries emerging in a range of countries not traditionally associated with fashion
- Takes a fresh perspective on an industry in which Third World garment workers have been the subject of exhaustive analysis but first world women have been largely ignored
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444337020
SKU
V9781444337020
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-18
About Maureen Molloy
Maureen Molloy is Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Auckland. Her work has focused on the relationships between academic ideas, policy contexts, and popular culture. Her most recent book is On Creating a Usable Culture: Margaret Mead and the Origins of American Cosmopolitanism (2008). Wendy Larner is Professor of Human Geography and Sociology at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Fashioning Globalisation: New Zealand Design, Working Women and the Cultural Economy
“Fashioning Globalisationprovides a comprehensive and fascinating view of an industry which provides new insights into the ways in which globalization proceeds and provides an alternative and authoritative account of the role of the fashion design industry in a globalising world.” (New Zealand Geographer, 24 April 2015)