{"product_id":"luxury-indian-fashion-tereza-kuldova-9781350049499","title":"Luxury Indian Fashion: A Social Critique","description":"This unique ethnographic investigation examines the role that fashion plays in the production of the contemporary Indian luxury aesthetic. Tracking luxury Indian fashion from its production in village craft workshops via upmarket design studios to fashion soir馥s, Kuldova investigates the Indian luxury fashion market's dependence on the production of thousands of artisans all over India, revealing a complex system of hierarchies and exploitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, contemporary Indian design has dismissed the influence of the West and has focused on the opulent heritage luxury of the maharajas, Gulf monarchies and the Mughal Empire. \u003ci\u003eLuxury Indian Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the desire for a luxury aesthetic has become a significant force in the attempt to define contemporary Indian society. From the cultivation of erotic capital in businesswomen's dress to a discussion of masculinity and muscular neo-royals to staged designer funerals, \u003ci\u003eLuxury Indian Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the production, consumption and aesthetics of luxury and power in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuxury Indian Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for students of fashion history and theory, anthropology and visual culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tereza Kuldova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350049492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350049499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d","brand":"Tereza Kuldova","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44583998226687,"sku":"9781350049499","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2469c2eb-db56-43a7-9d05-f54fa31a1d9c.jpg?v=1701884690","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luxury-indian-fashion-tereza-kuldova-9781350049499","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}