{"product_id":"9781847889386","title":"The Chinese Fashion Industry: An Ethnographic Approach","description":"Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes,  they would have had to use a government-issued coupon. Today the Chinese  fashion industry is one of the most dynamic in the world - it not only  supplies fashions to the increasingly discerning domestic market, but  also provides one-third of the clothing sold in the global market. How  did this phenomenal transition come about? What can the growth of the  Chinese fashion industry tell us about the post-Mao China? What roles do  the local and the global play in the dramatic changes? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book offers a historically informed, ethnographically grounded and  interpretive analysis of contemporary Chinese fashion and the fashion  industry. It examines the interplay of state politics, market forces,  local social and cultural factors, and the global political economy,  both in the rise of the Chinese fashion industry and in the life and  work of Chinese fashion professionals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As the first ethnographic account of the Chinese fashion industry in the  post-Mao era, \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese Fashion  Industry \u003c\/i\u003ecombines first-hand accounts with sophisticated cultural  analysis to offer new insights, and will be of interest to students and  scholars of fashion, anthropology and China.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131804434672,"sku":"9781847889386","price":26.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847889386_p0.jpg?v=1763749687","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847889386","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}