Professor Karen Tranberg Hansen Salaula sku-44720337

Salaula: The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia is a hardcover book by Professor Karen Tranberg Hansen, listed under All Books as sku-44720337. Hansen follows donated clothing from the West through salvage houses in North America and Europe, where it is sorted and compressed, to Zambia. There, the clothing enters the Salaula trade; salaula is a Bemba term meaning “to rummage through a pile.” The book examines the trade’s importance to the African economy and its potential threat to Zambia’s indigenous textile industry. Hansen also describes how wearers alter secondhand garments to suit local standards of dress, and considers the economic, political and cultural implications alongside questions about environmentalism, charity, recycling and thrift.You may also like Qiang Ren All Books Metasurface GSTC sku-16764712386.