Photography and the spectacle of ASO? EB� in Lagos, 1960-2010
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Date
2011
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University of Western Cape
Abstract
This research charts the political and visual economies of aso? eb� in urban Lagos from 1960 to 2010. Under political economy I address the politics of aso? eb� dress in Lagos: the contestations surrounding the use of aso? eb� among friends, family members, organizations, among others. Under visual economy I engage the role of photography and other visual cultural practices in the practice of aso? eb�. From the 1960s aso? eb� began to be redefined in line with the cultural and socio-economic
changes that came with late global capitalism. Within aso? eb� practice in the city of Lagos meanings of friendship, solidarity, camaraderie and wealth have undergone radical transformation as more people migrate to the city after Nigeria�s independence. From the 1970s through the 1980s, individuals were compelled by the economic conditions to adopt new modes of aso? eb� practice. For example new types of textile materials used for aso? eb� expanded to include cheaper textiles imported from China and elsewhere. Instead of offering aso ebi free, individuals sold it to their friends and within such transactions, politics of exclusion and inclusion ensued. From the 1990s through the 2000s, the rise of digital photography and the emergence of radical printing technology ushered a new mode of fashioning aso? eb�. In the process, photography and fashion magazines became a means of negotiating sartorial elegance and cosmopolitan modernity. In this thesis, therefore, the central argument resides in the contestations surrounding the use and meanings of aso? eb� within these transformations in the city of Lagos.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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EBI, Nigeria, Political and visual economies, Digital photography, Transformations, West Africa, Yoruba, Consumption, Social significance, Culture