{"product_id":"the-dangers-of-fashion-9781350052048","title":"The Dangers of Fashion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara B. Marcketti\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Center of Excellence in Learning and Teaching and Professor of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management at Iowa State University, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElena E. Karpova\u003c\/b\u003e is Putnam and Hayes Distinguished Professor of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs leaders in their field, Karpova, Marcketti, and their impressive roster of authors were uniquely qualified to take on the task of creating this compilation of contemporarily significant studies on the most pressing, interconnected challenges in the modern fashion system. Readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Dress History\u003c\/i\u003e will find this book to be a valuable resource to turn to when examining garments, the conditions under which they were made, and the questions that arise from their production and consumption. * The Journal of Dress History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dangers of Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e convincingly dissects the complexities of the challenges and solutions for achieving an ethical and sustainable fashion industry that spans cultures with differing values, world views, and profit motives. The authors’ narratives point out that no single segment of the industry, whether fiber and apparel production, retailing, or consumption, can stand alone in effecting change. This book, with its critical integrative focus, should be required in all fashion programs. * Mary Littrell, Colorado State University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis book brilliantly weaves together the fashion system’s harmful and ethical uncertainties. The reader is given threads of knowledge as well as reasons for hope and urgency in what should be required reading for all. * Connie B Ulasewicz, San Francisco State University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dangers of Fashion \u003c\/i\u003estrays into territories all too often ignored by other texts, that of the ethics and morals of producing fashion, with chapters on counterfeiting and cultural appropriation. Texts cover topics from earth to dirt and all the processes in between through a range of contributors that span content and continents to give a complete picture of the impacts of fashion. * Sass Brown, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors  \u003cb\u003ePart 1 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Moral and Ethical Dangers in Fashion \u003c\/b\u003e 1. Introduction \u003ci\u003eSara B. Marcketti and Elena E. Karpova \u003c\/i\u003e 2. Moral Dilemmas in the Fashion Business \u003ci\u003eJung Ha-Brookshire \u003c\/i\u003e 3. Sustainability [Must] Drive Design \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Bye \u003c\/i\u003e 4. Stealing Fashion Designs \u003ci\u003eSara B. Marcketti, Jean Parsons, and Hallie Erdahl \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 2 – The Dangers of Making Fashion\u003c\/b\u003e 5. Fibres and Materials: What is Fashion Made of? \u003ci\u003eHuantian Cao \u003c\/i\u003e 6. Fashion: An Unrecognized Contributor to the Climate Change \u003ci\u003eKim Y. Hiller Connell and Melody L. A. LeHew \u003c\/i\u003e 7. The Dangers in the Fashion Supply Chain: Offshore vs. Domestic Sourcing \u003ci\u003eTing Chi and Sheng Lu \u003c\/i\u003e 8. A Look at Labour Issues in Manufacture of Apparel through the Perspective of Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery \u003ci\u003eMarsha Dickson and Hayley Warren\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Exodus to Elsewhere: Exploring the Effects of Fashion Industry Globalization on Local Communities \u003ci\u003eNancy Hodges\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 3 – The Dangers of Consuming Fashion \u003c\/b\u003e 10. Taking offense: A discussion of fashion, appropriation, and cultural insensitivity\u003ci\u003e Denise Nicole Green\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSusan B. Kaiser  \u003c\/i\u003e 11. Striving to Fit In \u003ci\u003eKelly L. Reddy-Best\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Pain in [From] Fashion \u003ci\u003eEllen McKinney and Eulanda A. Sanders \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart 4 – The Dangers of Caring for and Disposing Fashion\u003c\/b\u003e 13. A Consumer Perspective on Clothing Care: Economic, Environmental and Social Costs \u003ci\u003ePam Norum and Rachel LoMonaco-Benzing \u003c\/i\u003e 14. Disposing Fashion: From the Ugly… \u003ci\u003eJana M. Hawley and Elena E. Karpova \u003c\/i\u003e 15. Disposing Fashion 2: …To the Good \u003ci\u003eElena E. Karpova and Jana M. Hawley \u003c\/i\u003e 16. Conclusion \u003ci\u003eElena E. Karpova and Sara B. Marcketti  \u003c\/i\u003e  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866592063831,"sku":"9781350052048","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350052048.jpg?v=1722279361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dangers-of-fashion-9781350052048","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}