Salaula by Karen Tranberg Hansen
When we donate our unwanted clothes to charity, we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them, and finally, who will revive and wear them. In this look at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business, Karen Tranberg Hansen takes us around the world from the West, where clothing is donated, through the salvage houses in North America and Europe, where it is sorted and compressed, to Africa, in this case, Zambia. There it enters the dynamic world of "Salaula", a Bemba term that means "to rummage through a pile". Essential for the African economy, the secondhand clothing business is wildly popular, to the point of threatening the indigenous textile industry. But, Hansen shows, wearing secondhand clothes is about much more than imitating Western style. It is about taking a garment and altering it to something entirely local, something that adheres to current cultural norms of etiquette. By unravelling how these garments become entangled in the economic, political and cultural processes of contemporary Zambia, Hansen also raises provocative questions about environmentalism, charity, recycling and thrift.
Dr. Karen Hansen, PhD, is an intuitive coach and licensed therapist whose personal background includes 20 years of meditation and holistic studies. Life, Death, Dog is her first book. Her book on female archetypes, Our Lady Faces, will be released in 2017. Dr. Hansen works with the Soldiers Project and is a Disaster Mental Health Responder for the Red Cross. She offers individual counseling and coaching for relationship issues, and pet loss and anticipatory pet loss in person, by phone or Skype.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226315812 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226315819 |
| Title | Salaula |
| Author | Karen Tranberg Hansen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2000-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 314 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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