Nadya Wang: Her World, Women and Fashion in Singapore 1974-1989, Gebunden
Her World, Women and Fashion in Singapore 1974-1989
- Accidental Career Girl to Working Mother of the Year
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- Herausgeber:
- Rebecca Arnold
- Verlag:
- Bloomsbury Academic, 08/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781350465046
- Artikelnummer:
- 12121780
- Umfang:
- 224 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 454 g
- Maße:
- 234 x 156 mm
- Stärke:
- 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 21.8.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Between 1974 and 1989, significant changes were taking place in the lives of Singaporean women and in their local fashion industry. These shifts were not only reflected in but actively shaped by the magazine Her World.
In Her World*, Women and Fashion in Singapore* , Nadya Wang uses dress as a lens through which to view fragments of the magazine over 15 years. Advocating for a new and decentred understanding of the evolution of the Singapore woman, Wang's writing also traces the creation of a fashion industry that pivoted from seeking validation from global fashion cities to establishing itself as the lead of a Southeast Asian fashion community.
Visual analysis of archival materials is combined with oral history interviews to demonstrate how the women of Singapore engaged with local and global ideas, fashion and beauty commodities, and imagery of models and beauty queens in their self-fashioning. Challenging existing understandings of their agency, this book attests to the creativity and adaptability of Singapore women and Singapore fashion designers.
Biografie (Rebecca Arnold)
Rebecca Arnold is a Research Fellow in the School of Humanities in the Department of History of Design at the Royal College of Art. She was Guest Professor at the Centre for Fashion Studies at Stockholm University 2006-07. She has lectured internationally at a wide range of colleges including the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York University, Bard Graduate Center, George Washington University, and the Smithsonian Institution.
