Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion the Diaspora Economies [1 ed.] 0415072204, 9780415072205, 9780203481493
In late-1990s Britain, the salwaar-kameez or 'Punjabi suit' emerged as a high-fashion garment. Popular both on
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Table of contents :
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
DEDICATIONS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1. CULTURAL NARRATIVES OF THE SUIT......Page 22
2. ETHNICIZED CONSUMPTION......Page 35
3. PIONEERING FASHION ENTREPRENEUR......Page 50
4. SECOND-GENERATION DESIGN GLOBALIZER......Page 64
5. SELLING THE NATION......Page 76
6. SELLING ART CLOTHES IN CLASSED MARKETS......Page 90
7. DAMINIS......Page 108
8. NETWORKING MARKETERS OF READYMADE SUITS......Page 119
9. DIASPORIC SINA-PRONA......Page 137
10. DESIGNING DIASPORAS THROUGH SKETCHES......Page 144
GLOSSARY......Page 175
NOTES......Page 177
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 188
INDEX......Page 193
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
DEDICATIONS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1. CULTURAL NARRATIVES OF THE SUIT......Page 22
2. ETHNICIZED CONSUMPTION......Page 35
3. PIONEERING FASHION ENTREPRENEUR......Page 50
4. SECOND-GENERATION DESIGN GLOBALIZER......Page 64
5. SELLING THE NATION......Page 76
6. SELLING ART CLOTHES IN CLASSED MARKETS......Page 90
7. DAMINIS......Page 108
8. NETWORKING MARKETERS OF READYMADE SUITS......Page 119
9. DIASPORIC SINA-PRONA......Page 137
10. DESIGNING DIASPORAS THROUGH SKETCHES......Page 144
GLOSSARY......Page 175
NOTES......Page 177
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 188
INDEX......Page 193
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