Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
Filter
  • Undetermined  (2)
  • 2015-2019  (2)
  • History
  • Ethnology  (2)
  • Philosophy
  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    London : Bloomsbury Academic | London : Bloomsbury Fashion Central
    ISBN: 9781474234405
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 186 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Dress and fashion research
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 391/.208829709561
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Clothing trade Turkey ; History ; 21st century ; Fashion Turkey ; History ; 21st century ; Clothing and dress Economic aspects ; Turkey ; History ; 21st century ; Clothing and dress Turkey ; Religious aspects ; Islam ; Muslim women Clothing ; Turkey ; Islam ; Mode ; Bekleidungsindustrie ; Türkei ; Electronic books ; Türkei ; Islam ; Mode ; Bekleidungsindustrie
    Abstract: "The subject of religion and dress in Turkey has been debated at great length both in academia and the media. Through in-depth ethnographic research into the Turkish fashion market and the work of a category of new comers, namely headscarf-wearing fashion professionals, Islam, Faith, and Fashion examines entrepreneurship in this market and the aesthetic desirability, religious suitability, and ethical credibility of fashionable Islamic dress. What makes a fashionable outfit Islamically appropriate? What makes an Islamically appropriate outfit fashionable? What are the conditions, challenges and constraints an entrepreneur faces in this market, and how do they market their products? Is the presumed oxymoronic nature of Islamic fashion a challenge or a burden? Through case studies and ethnographic portraits, Craciun questions the commercialization of Islamic dress and tackles the delicate and often incompatible relationship between clothing worn in recognition of religious belief and clothing worn purely because it is fashionable. This timely analysis of fashion, religion, ethics, and aesthetics presents dress as a disputed and a contested locus of modernity. Islam, Faith, and Fashion will be essential reading for students of fashion, anthropology, and material and visual culture"--Bloomsbury Publishing
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Chicago : University of Chicago Press
    ISBN: 9780226471426 , 9780226130866 , 9780226471396
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (352 p.)
    DDC: 388.40967625
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: History ; African history ; Anthropology ; Buses, trams and commercial vehicles: general interest ; Urban communities ; east african history ; mass transit ; kenya ; africa ; public transportation ; ethnic studies ; nairobi ; matatu ; matatus ; colorful minibus ; ramshackle ; vehicles ; aftermarket detailing ; taxis ; kanye west ; barack obama ; interdisciplinary research ; 1960s ; 20th century ; socioeconomic ; political conditions ; diversity ; idiosyncratic designs ; kenyan life ; rapid urbanization ; organized crime ; entrepreneurship ; social insecurity ; transition to democracy ; society ; popular culture
    Abstract: Drive the streets of Nairobi, and you are sure to see many matatus—colorful minibuses that transport huge numbers of people around the city. Once ramshackle affairs held together with duct tape and wire, matatus today are name-brand vehicles maxed out with aftermarket detailing. They can be stately black or extravagantly colored, sporting names, slogans, or entire tableaus, with airbrushed portraits of everyone from Kanye West to Barack Obama. In this richly interdisciplinary book, Kenda Mutongi explores the history of the matatu from the 1960s to the present. As Mutongi shows, matatus offer a window onto the socioeconomic and political conditions of late-twentieth-century Africa. In their diversity of idiosyncratic designs, they reflect multiple and divergent aspects of Kenyan life—including, for example, rapid urbanization, organized crime, entrepreneurship, social insecurity, the transition to democracy, and popular culture—at once embodying Kenya’s staggering social problems as well as the bright promises of its future. Offering a shining model of interdisciplinary analysis, Mutongi mixes historical, ethnographic, literary, linguistic, and economic approaches to tell the story of the matatu and explore the entrepreneurial aesthetics of the postcolonial world
    Note: English
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. More information can be found here...