LEADER 02382nam 2200529Ia 450 001 9910810512503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-07969-0 010 $a9786613079695 010 $a0-85785-142-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000033252 035 $a(EBL)799554 035 $a(OCoLC)719377471 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC799554 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000033252 100 $a20100729d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGlobal denim /$fedited by Daniel Miller and Sophie Woodward 205 $aEnglish ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cBerg$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84788-631-0 311 $a1-84788-632-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 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 $aJeans (Clothing)$xSocial aspects 606 $aDenim$xSocial aspects 606 $aCulture and globalization 615 0$aJeans (Clothing)$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aDenim$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aCulture and globalization. 676 $a306.4 701 $aMiller$b Daniel$0118348 701 $aWoodward$b Sophie$01090036 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810512503321 996 $aGlobal Denim$94031949 997 $aUNINA