![]() Nwafor examines the practice’s societal dilemma, whereby the solidarity of aso ebi is dismissed by many as an ephemeral transaction. The book suggests that dress, fashion, aso ebi, and photography engender a new visual culture that largely reflects the economics of mundane living. Okechukwu Nwafor’s volume Aso ebi investigates the practice in the cosmopolitan urban setting of Lagos, and argues that the visual and consumerist hype typical of the late capitalist system feeds this unique fashion practice. The Nigerian and West African practice of aso ebi fashion invokes notions of wealth and group dynamics in social gatherings. Situating blogging within the historical context of gendered and racialized fashion work while being attentive to the broader cultural, technological, and economic shifts in global consumer capitalism, Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet has profound implications for understanding the changing and enduring dynamics of race, gender, and class in shaping some of the most popular work practices and spaces of the digital fashion media economy. A multifaceted and detailed analysis, Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet addresses questions concerning the status and meaning of “Asian taste” in the early twenty-first century, the kinds of cultural and economic work Asian tastes do, and the fashion public and industry’s appetite for certain kinds of racialized eliteness. Pham understands their online activities as “taste work” practices that generate myriad forms of capital for superbloggers and the brands they feature. Pham examines the phenomenal rise of elite Asian bloggers who have made a career of posting photographs of themselves wearing clothes on the Internet. In the first ever book devoted to a critical investigation of the personal style blogosphere, Minh-Ha T. The Other Voice in Early Modern Women: The Toronto Series volume 70 Expand DescriptionĪsians Wear Clothes on the Internet: Race, Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Blogging Both Buoninsegni and Tarabotti write with the exaggeration and absurd arguments typical of Menippean satire they flaunt their knowledge of ancient and contemporary literature in a prose interspersed with poetry and replete with the astonishing Baroque conceits that delighted their contemporaries. ![]() She responded to Francesco Buoninsegni’s Against the Vanities of Women (1638) with the Antisatire (1644), a defense of women’s fashions and a denunciation of men, but also a strong condemnation of men’s treatment of women and of the subordination of women in society. Library of Congress PQ4053.S18A73 2019 | Dewey Decimal 857.509Īrcangela Tarabotti (1604–1652), Venetian nun and polemicist, was known for her protest against forced monachization and her advocacy for the education of women and their participation in public life. Expand DescriptionĪntisatire: In Defense of Women, against Francesco Buoninsegni Moving between Karl Lagerfeld and Karl Marx, The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion goes beyond ethical fashion and consumer responsibility showing that if we want to feel comfortable in our clothes, we need to reshape the system and ensure this is not our last season. Garment workers on poverty pay risk their lives in dangerous factories, animals are tortured, fossil fuels extracted and toxic chemicals spread just to keep this season's collections fresh. Hoskins unpicks the threads of capitalist industry to reveal the truth about our clothes.įashion brands entice us to consume more by manipulating us to feel ugly, poor and worthless, sentiments that line the pockets of billionaires exploiting colonial supply chains. In The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, Tansy E. From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes tell a story of inequality, racism, and climate crisis. *Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List*įashion is political. ![]() ![]() ![]() The award-winning classic on why we must revolutionise the fashion industry ![]()
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