Not Just Clothes
The Importance of Traditional Clothes to Ghanaians in Oldenburg
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12766404 |
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| Authors | Paul Agoe (Bielefeld University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-41 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ghana Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-5514 • E-ISSN: 2333-7168 |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3368/gs.24.1.17 |
| OpenAlex | W4388470667 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Clothing and dress communicate a myriad of information about the wearer. Studies on immigrants’ usage of clothing from their places of origin point mainly to identity as the underlying factor in the choices they make. Drawing on the concept of diaspora, through focusing on Ghanaians living in Oldenburg, this paper explores the importance of, and meanings expressed by the use of traditional clothing and dress in diasporic settings beyond the purposes of identity. It also explores ways in which the target study population engages with this clothing. The data is from in-depth interviews conducted with Ghanaians living in the city. I argue that immigrants in the diaspora express more than just identity in the use and keeping of clothing and dress from their places of origin. Clothing and dress are used to link the wearer with home, are sources of inspiration, and are points of nostalgia. The aesthetic qualities of clothes in the diaspora and the various methods of acquiring and making clothing and dress, which span borders, are highlighted
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Clothing · Diaspora · Identity (music · Immigration · Point (geometry · Sociology · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Cloth and Clothing
Dress and Ethnicity
Dress and Identity
Re-Membering through Oath
The domestic work of consumption
The Naming Drama of the Ga People
Ghanaian Migrants in Germany and the Social Construction of Diaspora Les migrants ghanéens en Allemagne et la construction sociale de la diaspora
Asante Hightimers and the Fashionable Display of Women's Wealth in Contemporary Ghana
Unraveled Yarns
Building the Ghanaian Nation-State
Africans in the Diaspora
Introduction
Defining Diaspora, Refining a Discourse
Approaches to material culture
Diasporas in Modern Societies
Three Meanings of "Diaspora," Exemplified among South Asian Religions
The Anthropology of Cloth
Ghanaian Woman and Dutch Wax Prints
The World in Dress
Showing-Off Aesthetics
| Highly cited | No |
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