{"product_id":"9781350179523","title":"Fashioning the Afropolis Histories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDress Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFashioning the Afropolis\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHistories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKerstin Pinther | Reina Lewis | Kristin Kastner | Elizabeth Wilson | Elizabeth Wilson | Basile Ndjio\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A revelation. Reclaiming fashion from its European history.” – Shane White\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, \u003ci\u003eFashioning the Afropolis \u003c\/i\u003eprovides 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo date, “fashion” and “city” have not been systematically related to each other in the African context and, for too long, a western-centric gaze has dominated scholarship, resulting in the perception of Africa as provincial and its visual arts and textile cultures as static and folkloristic. This perspective is all the more distorted, given Africa's rich sartorial past. With a huge number of tailors ready to adapt and renew clothing, reshaping garments into contemporary styles, and many cities in Africa becoming hot-spots for a steadily growing and well-connected scene of fashion designers in the past 20 years, the time is ripe for a reevaluation and reconsideration of the fashionscapes of Africa.  Leading scholars offer an updated empirical and theoretical foundation on which to base new and exciting research on sub-Saharan fashion, challenging perceptions and offering new insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerstin Pinther\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Arts and Material Cultures of Africa in the Department of Art History at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristin Kastner\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasile Ndjio\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology, University of Douala, Cameroon, Central Africa, and Senior Research Fellow at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 September 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350179523\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53973877620876,"sku":"9781350179523","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0a25c652-2597-4ff2-895e-d1ee712fb04a.jpg?v=1787713483","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350179523","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}