{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6719204e83ac9fccac1a7a0f/6848a0539b8dde68cd3c4127?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Part 2: Fashion and Capitalism","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6719204e83ac9fccac1a7a0f/1749589079726-a46b7c61-2e6e-440f-99b6-dd44c044ef4a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><ul><li>Roland Barthes –&nbsp;<em>Theory of Semiotics and Fashion as a System of Signs</em>&nbsp;(also discussed in Fashion Theory, Episode S1.E4)</li><li>Pierre Bourdieu –&nbsp;<em>Theory of Cultural and Social Capital</em>&nbsp;(also discussed in Fashion Theory, Episode S1.E4)</li><li>Yuniya Kawamura –&nbsp;<em>Fashion-ology: An Introduction to Fashion Studies</em></li><li>Tansy E. Hoskins –&nbsp;<em>The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion</em></li><li>David Graeber –&nbsp;<em>Debt: The First 5000 Years</em></li></ul>","author_name":"Slow Fashion Show"}