The Chinese fashion industry : an ethnographic approach
This is the first anthropological study of the contemporary Chinese fashion and textile industries from high-end designer clothing to mass manufacture.
Case studies
197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
9781847889362, 9781847889355, 9781847889386, 9780857853028, 1847889360, 1847889352, 1847889387, 0857853023
1038582412
I. Introduction II. Rise of the Chinese Fashion IndustryChapter 1: The Growth of Chinese Textile and Apparel Industries Chapter 2: What Do Changing Chinese Fashions Really Tell Us? III. Creating Fashion in ChinaChapter 3: Designing a National Style: The Tangzhuang Phenomenon Chapter 4: For the Sake of Art or for the Market? The Cultural Economy of Fashion Design Chapter 5: Creating Fashion on the Runway, Chinese Style Chapter 6: Making Clothes for International Markets IV. Conclusion: Clothing, Modernization, and GlobalizationBibliographyIndex