Fashioning Africa : power and the politics of dress / / edited by Jean Allman.

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Superior document:African expressive cultures
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TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:African expressive cultures.
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Physical Description:vi, 247 p. :; ill.
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Other title:Fashioning Africa /
Remaking fashion in the Paris of the Indian Ocean /
Dress and politics in post-World War II Abeokuta (western Nigeria) /
Nationalism without a nation /
Changes in clothing and struggles over identity in colonial western Kenya /
Putting on a pano and dancing like our grandparents /
"Anti-mini militants meet modern misses" /
From khaki to agbada /
"Let your fashion be in line with our Ghanaian costume" /
ressing dangerously /
Fashionable traditions /
African textiles and the politics of diasporic identity-making /
Afterword /
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253111043
0253216893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253344158 (cloth : alk. paper)
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jean Allman.