The International Politics of Fashion: Being Fab in a Dangerous World by Andreas Behnke

Author:Andreas Behnke [Behnke, Andreas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, History & Theory, International Relations, General
ISBN: 9781138788985
Google: 3Fz2nwEACAAJ
Goodreads: 21989665
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

4Fashion statements

Wearing trousers in Sudan

Linda Bishai

Introduction

Fashion, like language, serves as a form of mediation between people as well as an expression of the self. Fashion, like language, is also both obvious and apparent but fashion is often overlooked and undervalued as a vehicle for conveying meaning. That is, until a particular fashion item becomes invested with so much meaning that it becomes a political flashpoint and site of socially contested meaning. This chapter investigates the instance in which a pair of trousers – worn by Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein – triggered a jail sentence, demonstrations, interviews, exile and international media attention (Figure 4.1).

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