Global denim / / edited by Daniel Miller and Sophie Woodward

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2011
• Edizione: English ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4
• Soggetto topico: Jeans (Clothing) - Social aspects; Denim - Social aspects; Culture and globalization
• Altri autori: MillerDaniel WoodwardSophie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: On 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Global Denim
• ISBN: 1-283-07969-0; 9786613079695; 0-85785-142-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810512503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II