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Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices (Dress Cultures) by Kerstin Pinther; Kristin Kastner; Basile Ndjio (editors) is a design available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices (Dress Cultures) about?
With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, Fashioning the Afropolis provides a range of innovative perspectives on global fashion, design, dress, photography, and the body in some of the major cities, with a focus on Lagos, Johannesburg, Dakar, and Douala. It contributes to the ongoing debates around the globalization of fashion and fashion theory by exploring fashion as a genuine urban phenomenon on the continent and among its diasporas. To date, “fashion” and “city” have not been systematically relat
Who reads Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices (Dress Cultures)?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Kerstin Pinther; Kristin Kastner; Basile Ndjio (editors)
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781350179523
- Category
- design
- Subjects
- Science, History, Folklore
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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