Instructions: On the final exam, you will be asked to define FIVE of eight terms, all of them chosen from the list below. For each term, identify where it comes from (the reading, author, and/or lecture topic), explain what it means, and discuss its significance. Each term will be worth four points, for a total of 20 points.

Note: These terms and images are from the lectures, readings, and films from the second half of the course. The final will cover only these items.

salaula
structural adjustment
chitenge
apamwamba
"cut a fine figure"
tesettur
da'wa
hijabi subculture
Razia
Orientalism
Hanae Mori
Yohji Yamamoto
"the Japanese fashion invasion"
Asian chic
performance practices
aesthetic of intimacy
architecture of intimacy
Elizabethan court
imperialism
civilizing mission
dhoti
"the problem of what to wear"

Mohandas K. Gandhi
khadi

style radar
democratization
serious hobby
carrot-cut jean/Proll OR Calca de Moletom Stretch/Funk ball OR Bollywood

 

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