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Author Tu, Thuy Linh N. author

Title The beautiful generation Asian Americans and the cultural economy of fashion Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
Published Durham [NC] Duke University Press 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) illustrations
Series E-Duke books scholarly collection
Contents Crossing the assembly line : skills, knowledge, and the borders of fashion -- All in the family? : kin, gifts, and the networks of fashion -- The cultural economy of Asian chic -- "Material Mao" : fashioning histories out of icons -- Asia on my mind : transnational intimacies and cultural genealogies
Summary Cultural study that examines Asian-American fashion designers and the rise of "Asian chic" in relation to globalization, labor markets, and identity formation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index
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Subject Asian American fashion designers.
Fashion -- Social aspects -- United States
Fashion -- Economic aspects -- United States
CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Fashion.
DESIGN -- Fashion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
Asian American fashion designers
Fashion -- Economic aspects
Fashion -- Social aspects
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822393689
0822393689
9781283252133
1283252139
9786613252135
6613252131