Fashioning globalisation : New Zealand design, working women and the cultural economy /
"This book reports on the phenomenon of a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans, exemplifying the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation. Even as women (and others) in outsourced sweat shops suffer a form of modern-day bondage...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2013.
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| Series: | RGS-IBG book series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book reports on the phenomenon of a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans, exemplifying the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation. Even as women (and others) in outsourced sweat shops suffer a form of modern-day bondage, women in developed nations and select developing economies are carving out new careers in the fashion industry as mid-level entrepreneurial designers. Focuses in depth on the dynamics of independent fashion design in New Zealand, and the assertion that there esixt as-yet untraced links between the entry of first world women into paid employment and the wider processes of globalisation. This revealing study of New Zealand fashion demonstrates that economic globalisation, the movement of middle-class women into the labour force and the changing structure of the fashion industry are not only coterminous but intrinsically connected"--Cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages : : illustrations.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118295748 (electronic bk.) 1118295749 (electronic bk.) |