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Informationen zum Autor edited by Jean Allman Klappentext Rovine. Zusammenfassung From clothing as an expression of freedom in early colonial Zanzibar to Somali women's headcovering in inner-city Minneapolis! this work explores the power of dress in African and pan-African settings. Nationalist and diasporic identities! as well as their histories and politics! are examined at the level of what is put on the body every day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Fashioning Power: The Politics of Dress in Modern Africa Jean Allman Part 1. Fashioning Unity: Women and Dress; Power and Citizenship 1. Remaking Fashion in the Paris of the Indian Ocean: Dress, Performance, and the Cultural Construction of a Cosmopolitan Zanzibari Identity Laura Fair 2. Dress and Politics in Post World War II Abeokuta (Western Nigeria) Judith Byfield 3. Nationalism without a Nation: The Dress of Somali Women in Minneapolis-St. Paul Heather Marie Akou Part 2. Dressing Modern: Gender, Generation, and Invented (National) Traditions 4. The Importance of Clothing in Struggles over Identity in Colonial Western Kenya Margaret Jean Hay 5. Putting on a Pano and Dancing Like Our Grandparents: Nation and Dress in Late Colonial Luanda Marissa Moorman 6. "Anti-mini Militants Meet Modern Misses": Urban Style, Gender, and the Politics of "National Culture" in 1960s Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Andrew M. Ivaska Part 3. Disciplined Dress: Gendered Authority and the National Politics 7. From Khaki to Agbada: Dress and Political Transition in Nigeria Elisha P. Renne 8. "Let Your Fashion Be in Line with Our Ghanaian Costume": Nation, Gender, and the Politics of Cloth-ing in Nkrumah's Ghana Jean Allman 9. Miniskirts, Gender Relations, and Sexuality in Zambia Karen Tranberg Hansen Part 4. African "Traditions" and Global Markets: The Political Economy of Fashion and Identity 10. Fashionable Traditions: The Globalization of an African Textile Victoria L. Rovine 11. African Textiles and the Politics of Diasporic Identity- Making A. Boatema Boateng Afterword Phyllis M. Martin List of Contributors Index ...
