Chinese Investment and the Rise of “Made in Africa” Fashion Production

IF 0.7 4区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Fashion Theory-The Journal of Dress Body & Culture Pub Date : 2021-10-06 DOI:10.1080/1362704X.2021.1979788

Liang Xu

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Abstract

Abstract This article examines the rise of Chinese fashion manufacturing across Africa. By tracing the history of Chinese involvement in Africa's fashion production and reviewing a case study of Chinese garment firms in Newcastle, South Africa, this article attempts to understand the implications of Chinese-funded fashion production in Africa. I argue that the move of fashion production from China to Africa represents a new phase in the migration of global fashion production, and offers an opportunity for examining the gendered dynamics of fashion production in Africa.

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中国投资与“非洲制造”时装生产的兴起

摘要本文考察了中国时装制造业在非洲的崛起。本文通过追溯中国参与非洲时装生产的历史，并回顾南非纽卡斯尔的中国服装公司的案例研究，试图了解中国在非洲投资时装生产的意义。我认为，时尚生产从中国转移到非洲代表了全球时尚生产迁移的一个新阶段，并为研究非洲时尚生产的性别动态提供了机会。

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Fashion Theory-The Journal of Dress Body & Culture HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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2.10

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： The importance of studying the body as a site for the deployment of discourses is well-established in a number of disciplines. By contrast, the study of fashion has, until recently, suffered from a lack of critical analysis. Increasingly, however, scholars have recognized the cultural significance of self-fashioning, including not only clothing but also such body alterations as tattooing and piercing. Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of “fashion” as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for the rigorous analysis of cultural phenomena ranging from footbinding to fashion advertising.