Selling the kimono : an ethnography of crisis, creativity and hope /: an ethnography of crisis, creativity and hope. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julie Valk.
• Authors: Valk, Julie, 1987-
• Contents: 1. Kimono in Crisis? The Paradox of Contemporary Kimono Culture 2. The Kimono and the Kimono Industry 3. The Rise of the Formal Kimono in the Post-War Years: Selling Status and Commercialising Knowledge 4. The Path of Resilience: Weathering the Economic Crisis and Managing Public Perceptions 5. Azumaya: The ‘Nail That Stuck up so Far that No One Could Hammer it Down’ 6. The Kimono as Fashion: Lifestyle, Taste and Individuated Consumption 7. New Directions: Second-Hand Retail and New Business Models 8. Crisis and Hope Interwoven: The Future of the Kimono Industry
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 391.00952; Kimonos -- Japan -- History; Clothing and dress -- Japan -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000391831; 9781000391817; 9781003038696
• Related ISBNs: 9780367482138
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.