FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W1975614877> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W1975614877 endingPage "161" @default.
• W1975614877 startingPage "150" @default.
• W1975614877 abstract "Himba in the Mix:The Catwalk Politics of Culture in Namibia Jill Cole (bio) The runway show has become paradigmatic of late twentieth-century spectacle; it has the potential to project imaginary worlds and aesthetic ideals, to set standards of taste and of distinction, and to simultaneously incite desire and controversy to various degrees. The term catwalk often calls to mind the extravagant productions associated with the semiannual fashion weeks of New York, Paris, London, and Milan. In these settings, the runway show is arguably inextricable from the commercial realm and functions as a tool with which designers seek the favorable attention of buyers, editors, trendsetters, and bloggers, all toward a common underlying goal: to sell clothing. In this essay, however, I aim to address how the deployment of the fashion show in a different context can involve a multiplicity of ambitions and outcomes. Specifically, I look at the politics of value that underlie the commodification of culture vis-à-vis a fashion show I attended in Windhoek, the capital city of postapartheid Namibia. In 2010, the year marking Namibia's twentieth as a nation independent from South Africa, the Franco Namibian Cultural Center (FNCC) and the National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN) sponsored a fashion and photography event titled Himba in the Mix. The main attraction was a fashion show featuring the work of seven young female Namibian designers, who created eighteen explicitly contemporary ensembles inspired by the culture of the Ovahimba people, who are one of at least ten recognized ethnic groups in Namibia today. A local newspaper described the event as the first of its kind in the country. Its kind refers to the somewhat paradoxical fact that its organizers chose the definitively modern mediums of fashion and the catwalk to celebrate traditional culture (Kapitako 2010). [End Page 150] The present-day Himba are the descendants of Herero pastoralists who remained in northwest Namibia while others migrated southward in the eighteenth century. They have maintained relations with external (that is, non-native African) influences at least since the middle of the nineteenth century, when the first hunters and traders from Cape Town arrived in northern Namibia. It is believed that the Herero had originally migrated to what is now southern Angola and northern Namibia in the sixteenth century (Katjavivi 1988). Those who continued southward encountered European settlers and began working in their homes. Converted to Christianity and taught to sew by German settlers, Herero women adopted Victorian-style dresses made from local cloth, which are today worn with pride as the traditional clothing of the Herero people. Still, the Herero maintained contact with the Himba through the centuries, either through marriage, for example, or by providing aid with cattle grazing (Warnlof 2000, 182). For the most part, the Himba of Namibia remained in the northwestern part of the country, which came to be called Kaokoland, under the apartheid legislation that designated it the homeland of the Himba. In all the press leading up to Himba in the Mix, as well as that which followed and praised its success, a clear purpose for its production was articulated, one that—on the surface at least—had little to do with commercial pursuits. Those who organized the event intended for it to counter the consistent life threatening pressure exerted by forces of globalization on the Ovahimba people (Franco Namibia Cultural Center). A cultural officer in the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport, and Culture claimed, I can't agree more with the fact that the inevitable exposure to Western identity and lifestyle gives young Namibians leeway to detach themselves from their own local culture, to such an extent that even association with activities of this nature become less significant (Kapitako 2010). He therefore found the endeavor to be a much-needed corrective to popular attitudes toward Namibia's indigenous groups. Meanwhile, a representative from the FNCC announced its intention, which was to resurrect indigenous fashion and make it part and parcel of modern-day fashion, claiming, The overall objective of this project is to re-instate that indigenous people's culture and fashion are not as dull and boring as they are perceived to be, but instead rich, fascinating, and admirable..." @default.
• W1975614877 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W1975614877 creator A5011529342 @default.
• W1975614877 date "2013-01-01" @default.
• W1975614877 modified "2023-10-17" @default.
• W1975614877 title "Himba in the Mix: The Catwalk Politics of Culture in Namibia" @default.
• W1975614877 cites W1138264962 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W1521543234 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W1533200881 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W1535873119 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W2004436699 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W2004577309 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W2035958387 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W2036108882 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W2075894941 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W2108211274 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W2900540284 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W309574922 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W411548512 @default.
• W1975614877 cites W770356416 @default.
• W1975614877 doi "https://doi.org/10.1353/wsq.2013.0046" @default.
• W1975614877 hasPublicationYear "2013" @default.
• W1975614877 type Work @default.
• W1975614877 sameAs 1975614877 @default.
• W1975614877 citedByCount "0" @default.
• W1975614877 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
• W1975614877 hasAuthorship W1975614877A5011529342 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C107038049 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C107993555 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C136264566 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C142362112 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C162324750 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C166957645 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C185592680 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C2779343474 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C2779742141 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C29595303 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C31903555 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C57481673 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C8868529 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C94625758 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConcept C95457728 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C107038049 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C107993555 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C136264566 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C142362112 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C144024400 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C162324750 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C166957645 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C17744445 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C185592680 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C199539241 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C2779343474 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C2779742141 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C29595303 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C31903555 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C57481673 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C8868529 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C94625758 @default.
• W1975614877 hasConceptScore W1975614877C95457728 @default.
• W1975614877 hasIssue "1-2" @default.
• W1975614877 hasLocation W19756148771 @default.
• W1975614877 hasOpenAccess W1975614877 @default.
• W1975614877 hasPrimaryLocation W19756148771 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W1892127483 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2038951597 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2056985262 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2057071912 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2082948207 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2085116747 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2237898014 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2253141914 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2299317890 @default.
• W1975614877 hasRelatedWork W2326947783 @default.
• W1975614877 hasVolume "41" @default.
• W1975614877 isParatext "false" @default.
• W1975614877 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W1975614877 magId "1975614877" @default.
• W1975614877 workType "article" @default.