Description: "The first edited volume to present decolonial critiques of fashion and globalization and explore the dynamics of 'de-globalization' to propose more diverse fashion definitions, practices and aesthetics"--
Brief description: Yoko Takagi is Professor and programme director of MA Global Fashion Concentration at Bunka Gakuen University, Tokyo. Focusing on transboundary aspects of fashion and textile from the end of the 19th century to present day, she has contributed to publications and exhibition curation. She hosts the Transboundary Fashion Seminar.
Review Quotes:
"This timely, vital book showcases the plurality of fashion systems, cultures and industries, across time and space." - Alice Payne, Associate Professor of Fashion at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
"Leads the way in responding to the current surge of transdisciplinary interest across universities all over the world in key issues of decolonization, post-colonialism, national identity, social activism, global fashion narratives and diverse voices. Chapters are brimming with fresh, in-depth and meticulous research examining these issues through the vehicle of clothing, dress, fashion, textiles, and their media presence. The book's many images enable the reader to make full sense of the texts." - Prof Emerita Lou Taylor, University of Brighton, UK