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Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp
This thesis is an ethnography conducted with the residents of the Amman New Camp (Wihdat) on their fashion consumption. Consumption is approached as a multidimensional structure that exhibits itself in common and uncommon ways of life and it also permeates people's conceptualizations of the world in...
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| author | Fortner-Dominguez, Ashley |
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| description | This thesis is an ethnography conducted with the residents of the Amman New Camp (Wihdat) on their fashion consumption. Consumption is approached as a multidimensional structure that exhibits itself in common and uncommon ways of life and it also permeates people's conceptualizations of the world in which they live as well as the creation of their own identities. It therefore interacts with the fundamental elements of social life and culture, relaying a channel by which messages and meanings are exchanged or transferred. It spans over a wide range of practices and generates diverse styles for embedding people and societies into trends that sustain this structure. Consumption styles and trends that are embedded in this structure define much wider elements, both along hierarchies and along highly subjective preferences, all of which function to consolidate norms and ways of being across different domains of life. I explore the environment and lives of the Wihdat residents, living with them and participating in some of their daily and occasional consumption of fashionable commodities. Three main themes emerge to represent the core categories in which fashion consumerism occurs - consumption of homes, clothing, and bodies. The consumption that occurs in these categories is detailed by complex needs that come as signifiers for norms, desires, preferences, and values. Islamic values emerge for a variety of commodities consumed across the three categories but they interlace with a wide range of subjective individual and collective perceptions, all of which interact with the camp conditions and ways of life as has come to be established by the residents and the community at-large. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1692 Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp Fortner-Dominguez, Ashley This thesis is an ethnography conducted with the residents of the Amman New Camp (Wihdat) on their fashion consumption. Consumption is approached as a multidimensional structure that exhibits itself in common and uncommon ways of life and it also permeates people's conceptualizations of the world in which they live as well as the creation of their own identities. It therefore interacts with the fundamental elements of social life and culture, relaying a channel by which messages and meanings are exchanged or transferred. It spans over a wide range of practices and generates diverse styles for embedding people and societies into trends that sustain this structure. Consumption styles and trends that are embedded in this structure define much wider elements, both along hierarchies and along highly subjective preferences, all of which function to consolidate norms and ways of being across different domains of life. I explore the environment and lives of the Wihdat residents, living with them and participating in some of their daily and occasional consumption of fashionable commodities. Three main themes emerge to represent the core categories in which fashion consumerism occurs - consumption of homes, clothing, and bodies. The consumption that occurs in these categories is detailed by complex needs that come as signifiers for norms, desires, preferences, and values. Islamic values emerge for a variety of commodities consumed across the three categories but they interlace with a wide range of subjective individual and collective perceptions, all of which interact with the camp conditions and ways of life as has come to be established by the residents and the community at-large. 2017-06-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/693 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1692/viewcontent/Fortner_Thesis.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Amman New Camp Fashion |
| spellingShingle | Amman New Camp Fashion Fortner-Dominguez, Ashley Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp |
| title | Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp |
| title_full | Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp |
| title_fullStr | Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp |
| title_short | Fashion in Amman new camp: An ethnographical study of consumption in a Palestinian refugee camp |
| title_sort | fashion in amman new camp an ethnographical study of consumption in a palestinian refugee camp |
| topic | Amman New Camp Fashion |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/693 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1692/viewcontent/Fortner_Thesis.pdf |
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