Abloni l'export de la surconsommation
"Abloni reveals how the second-hand clothes business creates a livelihood for a whole chain of wholesalers and retailers; how it supports charities and recycles waste products in rich countries; how it destroys the textile industries and traditions in poor countries; how it revolutionizes style...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | French |
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Watertown, Mass.
Documentary Educational Resources
2008, c2008
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| Series: | Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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| Collection: | Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Abloni reveals how the second-hand clothes business creates a livelihood for a whole chain of wholesalers and retailers; how it supports charities and recycles waste products in rich countries; how it destroys the textile industries and traditions in poor countries; how it revolutionizes style and fashion in places as far away as a small village in central Togo; how wearing the simplest bit of clothing--like a second-hand shirt from Canada-- becomes, in an African village, a political, economic, and cultural "statement"; and how it has led, too, to the birth of a new hybrid African style, creatively mixing western fashions and local textiles and patterns"-- Container |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced: 2005 |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video (52 min.) |