{"product_id":"9781474220927","title":"Luxury Indian Fashion: A Social Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unique ethnographic investigation examines the role that fashion plays in the production of the contemporary Indian luxury aesthetic. Tracking luxury Indian fashion from its production in village craft workshops via upmarket design studios to fashion soirées, Kuldova investigates the Indian luxury fashion market's dependence on the production of thousands of artisans all over India, revealing a complex system of hierarchies and exploitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, contemporary Indian design has dismissed the influence of the West and has focused on the opulent heritage luxury of the maharajas, Gulf monarchies and the Mughal Empire. \u003ci\u003eLuxury Indian Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the desire for a luxury aesthetic has become a significant force in the attempt to define contemporary Indian society. From the cultivation of erotic capital in businesswomen's dress to a discussion of masculinity and muscular neo-royals to staged designer funerals, \u003ci\u003eLuxury Indian Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the production, consumption and aesthetics of luxury and power in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuxury Indian Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for students of fashion history and theory, anthropology and visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47853391741168,"sku":"9781474220927","price":114.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781474220927_p0.jpg?v=1769893344","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781474220927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}