Description
Explores fashion, design, dress, photography, and the body in cities such as Lagos, Johannesburg, Dakar, and Douala, offering a fresh perspective on global fashion and its interplay with urban culture in sub-Saharan Africa and highlighting the continent's rich sartorial heritage and vibrant fashion scene.
About the Author
Kerstin Pinther is Professor of Arts and Material Cultures of Africa in the Department of Art History at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. Kristin Kastner is Lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. Basile Ndjio is Professor of Anthropology, University of Douala, Cameroon, Central Africa, and Senior Research Fellow at Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany.
Reviews
In the long process of decolonizing fashion curricula, Fashioning the Afropolis will be a useful reference for fashion scholars and students alike: it is a rich and diverse volume about contemporary and historical fashion on the African continent, backed by thorough empirical and historical research. * Journal of Design History *
A brilliant contribution to the study of fashion in urban Africa, which will inspire designers, artists, and researchers in Africa and its Diaspora. * Elisha Renne, University of Michigan, USA *
Fashioning the Afropolis is a revelation. Reclaiming fashion from its European history, these wide-ranging and generous essays about African cities recast clothing in surprising ways. The verve and panache of today's fashion scholarship is here on vivid display. * Shane White, co-author of Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit *
This fascinating collection breaks new ground by framing fashion as a powerful expressive form in urban Africa. The contributions offer compelling insights as to why and how fashion is a force shaping to why and how fashion is a force shaping the city. * Joanna Grabski, Arizona State University, USA *
So few books focus on the influential and visually stunning fashion culture of the African continent. I love this book for its mix of scholarly study and rich visuals. It helps push past stereotypes we hold in the west on what African fashion is. * Fashionista's 31 Best Books Fashion People Read, 2022 - Elizabeth Way, The Museum at FIT, US *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350179523
Author Kerstin Pinther
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC