Selling the Kimono: An Ethnography of Crisis, Creativity and Hope
Author:   Julie Valk (King’s College London, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367494988


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   09 January 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Julie Valk (King’s College London, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780367494988


ISBN 10:   0367494981
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   09 January 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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Julie Valk is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London. She is a social anthropologist who has produced a substantial body of work on the Japanese kimono industry and contemporary kimono culture. Her work has appeared in HAU: the Journal of Ethnographic Theory (2020), the Journal of Material Culture (2020) and Fashion Theory (2018). She has research interests in economic anthropology, the sociology of expertise, financial systems, Japanese society and culture, as well as clothing and fashion.

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