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Book Synopsis
A study of women creating fake fashion in China - and how it affects the economy, labour, creativity and culture.

Trade Review
'Sara Liao shows how shanzhai is much more than faking: she rethinks what it means to be creative in today's globalised China. The book presents a sensitive and detailed account of the gendered and precarious aspirations of fashion designers, offering a timely view on a multiplicity of China Dreams' -- Jeroen de Kloet, author of 'China with a Cut: Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music'

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Series preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Fashion Work, Precarious Labor, and Women Designers in Shanzhai Culture
2. Shanzhai Fashion and Precarious Creativity in China
3. The Digital Labor and Production Culture of Shanzhai Fashion
4. The Shanzhai of Shanzhai: The Politics of Copying and Creativity
5. Shanzhai Dreams and the Chinese Dream
6. Shanzhai Culture, National Ideologies, and Transnational Capitalism: A Double-edged Sword
Appendix: Demographics of Informants
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Fashioning China

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      Publisher Pluto Press
      Published 20 February 2020
      ISBN-13 9780745340708
      978-0745340708
      ISBN-10 0745340709
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Globalization Sociology: work and labour

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of women creating fake fashion in China - and how it affects the economy, labour, creativity and culture.

      Trade Review
      'Sara Liao shows how shanzhai is much more than faking: she rethinks what it means to be creative in today's globalised China. The book presents a sensitive and detailed account of the gendered and precarious aspirations of fashion designers, offering a timely view on a multiplicity of China Dreams' -- Jeroen de Kloet, author of 'China with a Cut: Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music'

      Table of Contents

      List of Figures
      Series preface
      Acknowledgements
      1. Introduction: Fashion Work, Precarious Labor, and Women Designers in Shanzhai Culture
      2. Shanzhai Fashion and Precarious Creativity in China
      3. The Digital Labor and Production Culture of Shanzhai Fashion
      4. The Shanzhai of Shanzhai: The Politics of Copying and Creativity
      5. Shanzhai Dreams and the Chinese Dream
      6. Shanzhai Culture, National Ideologies, and Transnational Capitalism: A Double-edged Sword
      Appendix: Demographics of Informants
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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