The Rise of a Global Garment Industry and the Reimagination of Worker Solidarity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2360741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J L Collins (0000-0003-3565-8761, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Jane Collins (0000-0002-9914-3890, University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 395-409 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308275x07084227 |
| OpenAlex | W1970692379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
In 1996, Bill Roseberry published an article in American Anthropologist entitled `The Rise of Yuppie Coffees and the Reimagination of Class in the United States'. In it, he explored the connections that linked the rise of specialty coffees marketed at Zabars and Starbucks to new class configurations of consumerism in the US and to new production arrangements in the coffee-producing countries. The article seeks to apply this approach to the analysis of another commodity chain: that of apparel. It explains how recent changes in the global apparel industry are shaped by power and experienced by workers and consumers. It seeks to bridge the divide between industrialized and developing nations by showing the commonalities (as well as differences) experienced by the industry's workers in the US and abroad. And it shows how global production patterns have given rise to global resistance strategies, as workers forge bonds with social movements outside of the factory and develop transnational alliances. In the spirit of Roseberry's work, this account seeks to meld cultural analysis with political economy, and to attend to historical contingency, without losing sight of corporate and state power
Capitalism · Clothing · Commodity chain · Consumerism · Contingency · Economics · Economy · Factory (object-oriented programming · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Product (mathematics · Production (economics · Sociology · Solidarity · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law
Labor and monopoly capital
The second industrial divide
Threads
Capital Moves
The Great Transformation
Sweetness and power
The principles of scientific management
Ethnography in/of the World System
Labor and Monopoly Capital
From the Revolution to the Maquiladoras
The Terror of the Machine
The condition of postmodernity
Metropolis
The Condition of Postmodernity
The Rise of Yuppie Coffees and the Reimagination of Class in the United States
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |