{"product_id":"fashioning-globalisation-9781444337020","title":"Fashioning Globalisation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems toexemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA major conceptual contribution to the literatures on globalisation, fashion and gender, analysing the ways in which women's entry into the labour force over the past thirty years in the developed world has underpinned new forms of aestheticised production and consumption as well as the growth of work-style' businesses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA vital contribution to the burgeoning literature on culture and creative industries which often ignores the significant roles taken by women as entrepreneurs and designers rather than mere consumers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces fashion scholars and economic geographers to a paradigmatic example of the new designer fashion industries emerging in a range of countrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fashioning Globalisationprovides a comprehensive and fascinating view of an industry which provides new insights into the ways in which globalization proceeds and provides an alternative and authoritative account of the role of the fashion design industry in a globalising world.”  (\u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Geographer\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 April 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Credits ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors' Preface xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What We Saw and Why We Started this Project 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Global Aspirations: Theorising the New Zealand Designer Fashion Industry 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Policy for a New Economy: 'After Neoliberalism' and the Designer Fashion Industry 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith Richard Le Heron and Nick Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Cultivating Urbanity: Fashion in a Not-so-global City 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewith Alison Goodrum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Gendering the 'Virtuous Circle': Production, Mediation and Consumption in the Cultural Economy 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Creating Global Subjects: The Pedagogy of Fashionability 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Lifestyle or Workstyle? Female Entrepreneurs in New Zealand Designer Fashion 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Conclusion: An Unlikely Success Story? 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 191\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408390857047,"sku":"9781444337020","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444337020.jpg?v=1730502727","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fashioning-globalisation-9781444337020","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}