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Salaula : The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia by Karen Tranberg Hansen (2000, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226315800
ISBN-139780226315805
eBay Product ID (ePID)1644910
Product Key Features
Number of Pages314 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSalaula : the World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia
SubjectSociology / General, Fashion & Accessories, Commerce, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, General, Economic Conditions, Customs & Traditions, Fashion & Style
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
AuthorKaren Tranberg Hansen
Subject AreaDesign, Social Science, Self-Help, Business & Economics
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN99-462387
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal381/.45687
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: The World of Salaula Part 1 - Dealing with Clothing 1. Clothing Encounters 2. Clothing Needs and Desires 3. Secondhand Clothing and the Congo Connection 4. Dressing the New Nation Part 2 - A Secondhand Clothing System of Provision 5. The Sourcing of Secondhand Clothing 6. Import, Wholesale, and Distribution 7. Clothing Retail Prices 8. The Work of Consumption 9. Clothing, Gender, and Power 10. The Politics of Salaula Conclusion: Other People's Clothes? Notes References Index
SynopsisWhen we donate our unwanted clothes to charity, we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them, and finally, who will revive and wear them. In this fascinating look at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business, Karen Tranberg Hansen takes us around the world from the West, where clothing is donated, through the salvage houses in North America and Europe, where it is sorted and compressed, to Africa, in this case, Zambia. There it enters the dynamic world of Salaula , a Bemba term that means "to rummage through a pile." Essential for the African economy, the secondhand clothing business is wildly popular, to the point of threatening the indigenous textile industry. But, Hansen shows, wearing secondhand clothes is about much more than imitating Western styles. It is about taking a garment and altering it to something entirely local, something that adheres to current cultural norms of etiquette. By unraveling how these garments becomes entangled in the economic, political, and cultural processes of contemporary Zambia, Hansen also raises provocative questions about environmentalism, charity, recycling, and thrift.
LC Classification NumberGT1589.Z33H36 2000
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