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Cosmopolitanism and women's fashion in Ghana : history, artistry and nationalist inspirations / Christopher L. Richards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richards, Christopher L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fashion--Ghana.
- Fashion.
- Fashion designers--Ghana.
- Fashion designers.
- Fashion and art.
- Cosmopolitanism--Ghana.
- Cosmopolitanism.
- Ghana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- <I><P>Acknowledgments</I></P><I><P>List of figures</I></P><P>1 Introduction: the many modes of (African) fashion </P><P>2 Accra's pre- and Independence- era fashion cultures </P><P>3 The forerunners of Ghana's fashion designers: Letitia Obeng and Laura Quartey </P><P>4 "Paris- Trained, Osu- Domiciled": Juliana "Chez Julie" Kweifi o-Okai, Ghana's first fashion designer </P><P>5 "I don't do nice; it has to be interesting": the designs of Beatrice "Bee" Arthur </P><P>6 "The Spirit of the African Woman": Aisha Ayensu and her brand, Christie Brown</P><P>7 The future of Ghanaian, and African, fashion</P><I><P>Index</P></I>
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 23, 2021).
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781000478525
- 1000478521
- 9781000478556
- 1000478556
- 9781003148340
- 1003148344
- Publisher Number:
- 40030873091
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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