Between tradition and innovation: The reinvention of the kimono in Japanese consumer culture

Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-376

  Assmann, Stephanie ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer culture; Consumption; Cultural capital; Fashion; Japan; Kimono; National identity; Reinvention

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950712446     PISSN: 1362704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174108X332332     Document Type: Article

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