Salaula: - The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia

Klappentext List of Illustrations! Maps! and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The World of SalaulaPART 1- DEALING WITH CLOTHING1. Clothing Encounters2. Clothing Needs and Desires3. Secondhand Clothing and the Congo Connection4. Dressing the New NationPART 2- A SECONDHAND CLOTHING SYSTEM OF PROVISION5. The Sourcing of Secondhand Clothing6. Import! Wholesale! and Distribution7. Clothing Retail Prices8. The Work of Consumption9. Clothing! Gender! and Power10. The Politics of SalaulaConclusion: Other People's Clothes?NotesReferencesIndex Zusammenfassung When we donate our unwanted clothes to charity! we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them! and finally! who will revive and wear them. This volume looks at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business! as well as its impact on the African economy.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Tranberg Hansen, Hansen Karen Tranberg
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2000
• EAN: 9780226315812
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31581-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Zambia, Social and cultural anthropology, Domestic or internal trade, Domestic trade