Part 2: Fashion and Capitalism

In Part Two of this episode, we ask: Did capitalism drive population growth—or was it inevitable? We then mention theories from Marx, Bourdieu, Kawamura, and Tansy E. Hoskins to explore fashion’s role as a system of social capital, symbolism, and identity. Can fashion exist without exploitation—or is imagining a new, fairer system just a utopia? Join us as we try to untangle the 13 page research.

Sources:

• Roland Barthes – Theory of Semiotics and Fashion as a System of Signs (also discussed in Fashion Theory, Episode S1.E4)
• Pierre Bourdieu – Theory of Cultural and Social Capital (also discussed in Fashion Theory, Episode S1.E4)
• Yuniya Kawamura – Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies
• Tansy E. Hoskins – The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion
• David Graeber – Debt: The First 5000 Years

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