Fashioning Globalisation - Molloy, Maureen (University of Auckland, New Zealand) a Larner, Wendy (University of Bristol, UK)

Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on this phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalization and female emancipation.