A History of Textiles and Fashion in the Twentieth Century Yoruba World

A History of Textiles and Fashion in the Twentieth Century Yoruba World
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 105
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ISBN-10 : 9781527579231
ISBN-13 : 1527579239
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Book Synopsis A History of Textiles and Fashion in the Twentieth Century Yoruba World by : Mutiat Titilope Oladejo

Download or read book A History of Textiles and Fashion in the Twentieth Century Yoruba World written by Mutiat Titilope Oladejo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the local to the global, Yoruba people cherish textile consumption and fashion in everyday life. Central to this is the role of Yoruba women in the making of a fashion culture. As this book shows, textile commodities are entangled in global economic histories, yet the local consumption culture has created a fashion industry that portrays new ways of work and talent display beyond the twentieth century. This text is useful for researchers who wish to gain deeper insights into a critical, but often neglected, aspect of being Yoruba.

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