Book contents
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- Copyright page
- Contents for Volume II
- Figures for Volume II
- Maps for Volume II
- Table for Volume II
- Contributors for Volume II
- Preface
- Part IV Fashion, Modernism, and Modernity
- Part V Fashion, Colonialism, and Post-Colonialism
- 29 Chinese Coolie Hats
- 30 Crumbling Empires and Emerging Nations
- 31 Gender, Nation, Fashion, and Modernities in the Asia-Pacific, 1900 to the Present
- 32 The Global Politics of Wearing, Buying, and Selling European-Style Dress, c. 1900–1930
- 33 Fashioning Diasporas
- 34 Colonial Fashion Histories
- Part VI Fashion Systems and Globalization
- Index
- References
33 - Fashioning Diasporas
Jewish and African Experiences, c. 1800–1950
from Part V - Fashion, Colonialism, and Post-Colonialism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- The Cambridge Global History of Fashion
- Copyright page
- Contents for Volume II
- Figures for Volume II
- Maps for Volume II
- Table for Volume II
- Contributors for Volume II
- Preface
- Part IV Fashion, Modernism, and Modernity
- Part V Fashion, Colonialism, and Post-Colonialism
- 29 Chinese Coolie Hats
- 30 Crumbling Empires and Emerging Nations
- 31 Gender, Nation, Fashion, and Modernities in the Asia-Pacific, 1900 to the Present
- 32 The Global Politics of Wearing, Buying, and Selling European-Style Dress, c. 1900–1930
- 33 Fashioning Diasporas
- 34 Colonial Fashion Histories
- Part VI Fashion Systems and Globalization
- Index
- References
Summary
The whole idea of ‘modern’ fashion cannot be understood without the interruptions, interventions, and innovations of diasporas. In this chapter, we focus on case studies of Jewish and African diasporas to illustrate the importance of bridging concepts of fashion and diaspora. Together, these concepts point to the interdependencies between changes in time and place. On the surface, fashion is more about changes over time, and diaspora is more about changes in place. Yet joint consideration reveals how migration, whether forced or voluntary, has fostered transformations in modern, global fashion history, based upon not only class and labour dynamics, but also cultural and aesthetic hybridization.
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- The Cambridge Global History of FashionFrom the Nineteenth Century to the Present, pp. 1155 - 1189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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