Fashioning Africa : power and the politics of dress

Author(s)

• Allman, Jean Marie

Bibliographic Information

Fashioning Africa : power and the politics of dress

edited by Jean Allman

（African expressive cultures）

Indiana University Press, c2004

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Fashioning Africa / Jean Allman
• Remaking fashion in the Paris of the Indian Ocean / Laura Fair
• Dress and politics in postWorld War II Abeokuta (western Nigeria) / Judith Byfield
• Nationalism without a nation / Heather Marie Akou
• Changes in clothing and struggles over identity in colonial western Kenya / Margaret Jean Hay
• Putting on a pano and dancing like our grandparents / Marissa Moorman
• "Anti-mini militants meet modern misses" / Andrew M. Ivaska
• From khaki to agbada / Elisha P. Renne
• "Let your fashion be in line with our Ghanaian costume" / Jean Allman
• Dressing dangerously / Karen Tranberg Hansen
• Fashionable traditions / Victoria L. Rovine
• African textiles and the politics of diasporic identity-making / Boatema Boateng
• Afterword / Phyllis M. Martin

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780253216892

Description

Everywhere in the world there is a close connection between the clothes we wear and our political expression. To date, few scholars have explored what clothing means in 20th-century Africa and the diaspora. In Fashioning Africa, an international group of anthropologists, historians, and art historians bring rich and diverse perspectives to this fascinating topic. From clothing as an expression of freedom in early colonial Zanzibar to Somali women's headcovering in inner-city Minneapolis, these essays explore 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. Readers interested in fashion history, material and expressive cultures, understandings of nation-state styles, and expressions of a distinctive African modernity will be engaged by this interdisciplinary and broadly appealing volume. Contributors are Heather Marie Akou, Jean Allman, A. Boatema Boateng, Judith Byfield, Laura Fair, Karen Tranberg Hansen, Margaret Jean Hay, Andrew M. Ivaska, Phyllis M. Martin, Marissa Moorman, Elisha P. Renne, and Victoria L. Rovine.

Table of Contents

• 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

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780253344151

Description

Everywhere in the world there is a close connection between the clothes we wear and our political expression. To date, few scholars have explored what clothing means in 20th-century Africa and the diaspora. In "Fashioning Africa", an international group of anthropologists, historians, and art historians bring rich and diverse perspectives to this fascinating topic. From clothing as an expression of freedom in early colonial Zanzibar to Somali women's headcovering in inner-city Minneapolis, these essays explore 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. Readers interested in fashion history, material and expressive cultures, understandings of nation-state styles, and expressions of a distinctive African modernity will be engaged by this interdisciplinary and broadly appealing volume. The contributors are Heather Marie Akou, Jean Allman, A. Boatema Boateng, Judith Byfield, Laura Fair, Karen Tranberg Hansen, Margaret Jean Hay, Andrew M. Ivaska, Phyllis M. Martin, Marissa Moorman, Elisha P. Renne, and Victoria L. Rovine.

Table of Contents

• 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

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Details

• NCID: BA6921251X
• ISBN:
  • 0253344158
  • 9780253216892
• LCCN: 2004000694
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 247 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GT1580
  • DC22 : 391/.0096
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects -- Africa
  • LCSH : Clothing and dress -- Political aspects -- Africa
  • LCSH : Women's clothing -- Africa
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69212495