Comments on: What is “African” Fashion? http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/29/what-is-african-fashion/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Things I’ve Learned From Students #34: Nontsikelelo Veleko « threadbared http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/29/what-is-african-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-263390 Things I’ve Learned From Students #34: Nontsikelelo Veleko « threadbared Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:52:44 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8771#comment-263390 [...] to those editorials in American and European fashion magazines whose visual vocabularies for “Africa” are unbelievably narrow and alienating (Galliano, I’m looking at you and your [...] [...] to those editorials in American and European fashion magazines whose visual vocabularies for “Africa” are unbelievably narrow and alienating (Galliano, I’m looking at you and your [...]

]]> By: Elena http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/29/what-is-african-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-29927 Elena Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:37:01 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8771#comment-29927 It's so boring. Every summer we get the choice between the "Look at my big boat" navy blue and white sea-faring look and the "I've just got back from my safari in Kenya" animal prints and big bangles look. And we pay those people to be original? =__= It’s so boring. Every summer we get the choice between the “Look at my big boat” navy blue and white sea-faring look and the “I’ve just got back from my safari in Kenya” animal prints and big bangles look.

And we pay those people to be original? =__=

]]> By: Jesse http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/29/what-is-african-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-29847 Jesse Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:20:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8771#comment-29847 <i>encourages people to treat them only as something to be diminished as “artistic inspiration,” rather than the for their true historical and cultural value</i> What cultural value do other cultures have for people who don't belong to that culture? Really, people don't have that much "respect" for cultures that are much closer to home. encourages people to treat them only as something to be diminished as “artistic inspiration,” rather than the for their true historical and cultural value

What cultural value do other cultures have for people who don’t belong to that culture? Really, people don’t have that much “respect” for cultures that are much closer to home.

]]> By: Miriam http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/29/what-is-african-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-29829 Miriam Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:31:44 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8771#comment-29829 The point isn't that it's taken seriously, but rather that people actually think in this way. This is the same kind of racial essentialism and othering out of which the "exotic oriental" comes. It minimizes different African cultures and encourages people to treat them only as something to be diminished as "artistic inspiration," rather than the for their true historical and cultural value. It's a remnant of colonialism that is still very problematic. The point isn’t that it’s taken seriously, but rather that people actually think in this way. This is the same kind of racial essentialism and othering out of which the “exotic oriental” comes. It minimizes different African cultures and encourages people to treat them only as something to be diminished as “artistic inspiration,” rather than the for their true historical and cultural value. It’s a remnant of colonialism that is still very problematic.

]]> By: Larry C Wilson http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/04/29/what-is-african-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-29818 Larry C Wilson Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:50:01 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=8771#comment-29818 Only the shallow take high fashion seriously. Only the shallow take high fashion seriously.

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