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200 10$aGlobal Denim$b[electronic resource]
210   $aOxford  $cBerg Publishers$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (212 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84788-631-0 
311   $a1-84788-632-9 
327   $aContents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Making of an American Icon; 2 Diverting Denim; 3 How Blue Jeans went Green; 4 The Limits of Jeans in Kannur, Kerala; 5 'Brazilian Jeans'; 6 Indigo Bodies; 7 Jeanealogies; 8 Carrot-cut Jeans; 9 The Jeans that Don't Fit; Index
330   $aOn any given day nearly half the world's population is wearing blue jeans. This is entirely extraordinary. Yet there has never been a serious attempt to understand the causes, nature and consequences of denim as 'the' global garment of our world. This book takes up that challenge with gusto. It gives clear, if surprising, explanations for why this is the case, challenging the accepted history of jeans and showing why the reasons cannot be commercial. While discussing the consequences of denim at the global level, the book consists of some exemplary studies by anthropologists of what blue jeans
606   $aCulture and globalization
606   $aDenim -- Social aspects
606   $aJeans (Clothing) -- Social aspects
615  4$aCulture and globalization.
615  4$aDenim -- Social aspects.
615  4$aJeans (Clothing) -- Social aspects.
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700   $aMiller$b Daniel$0118348
701   $aWoodward$b Sophie$01090036
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