BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATIONS; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. CULTURAL NARRATIVES OF THE SUIT; 2. ETHNICIZED CONSUMPTION; 3. PIONEERING FASHION ENTREPRENEUR; 4. SECOND-GENERATION DESIGN GLOBALIZER; 5. SELLING THE NATION; 6. SELLING ART CLOTHES IN CLASSED MARKETS; 7. DAMINIS; 8. NETWORKING MARKETERS OF READYMADE SUITS; 9. DIASPORIC SINA-PRONA; 10. DESIGNING DIASPORAS THROUGH SKETCHES; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Dangerous Designs tells the story of Asian fashion in the West, and describes how Asian dress has become culturally charged and powerfully coded, defining contemporary cultural and economic borders