La ola verde: female, Hispanic consumers and the green movement

Due to their impact on the environment, apparel companies have gradually begun to change manufacturing and production processes and provide consumers with environmentally responsible apparel product options. Among these consumers are Hispanics, a consumer group which research has shown to have a strong purchasing power and astounding population increase. Between 2000 and 2010, the total population in the United States increased by 23.7million people, with Hispanics accounting for over 50% of that total increase (Humes, Jones, & Ramirez, 2011). It is estimated that by 2125 Hispanics will account for 50% of the total U.S. population (Day, 1996). Additionally, between 1990 and 2006, Hispanic buying power had a 450% growth versus a 176% growth of the non-Hispanic population (Humphreys, 2008). It is expected that Hispanic buying power will increase to $1.2 trillion by the year 2012 (Humphreys, 2007). Specifically, females account for 80% of household buying decisions (Gogoi, 2005). With this substantial financial impact, it is imperative that retailers better understand this consumer group. Using the theory of planned behavior and acculturation theory, the purpose of this research was to study the effects environmental knowledge has on environmental attitude and the influence environmental attitude, subjective norms, and the perceived control have on behavioral intention to purchase environmentally responsible apparel products. An online survey of 548 female Hispanic university students in the southeast region of the United States was conducted to collect data in this empirical quantitative study. The study of 65 participants found significant relationships between: environmental knowledge and attitude; attitude and behavioral intent; subjective norms and behavioral intention; and perceived behavioral control and behavioral intent within the female Hispanic population. These results reflect the application of the Theory of Planned Behavior as a theoretical framework to aid in measuring the behavioral intention with respect to the purchase of environmentally responsible apparel products

Abstracts & Author Biographies for Textile Society of America, \u3ci\u3e15th Biennial Symposium (2016): Crosscurrents: Land, Labor, and the Port\u3c/i\u3e

Dr. Heather J Abdelnur, Ph.D. Reena Aggarwal Patricia Alvarez Cecilia Anderson Emily Anderson Lynne Anderson Jaiya A Anka Adebowale Biodun Areo and Margaret Olugbemisola Areo Margaret Olugbemisola Areo and Adebowale Biodun Areo David Arrellanes Jenny Balfour-Paul Suzi Ballenger Ruth Barnes Jody Benjamin Carole F. Bennett Julie Berman Noga Bernstein Medha Bhatt Amy Bogansky Elaine Bourque Laurie A Brewer Carrie Brezine Donna Brown Sarah S. Broomfield Susan Brown Heather R Buechler Shelby A Burchett Tara R Bursey Bonnie S. Carter Nynne J Christoffersen Laura Cochrane Lia Cook Françoise Cousin Jamie Credle Maria Curtis Pamela I Cyril-Egware Sonja K Dahl Mary Lou Davis Virginia Davis Deborah Deacon Alejandro B. de Avila Corinne Debaine-Francfort Amanda J Denham Sophie Desrosiers Sophie Desrosiers & Corinne Debaine-Francfort Sudha Dhingra Textile Crafts of India Katharine A. Diuguid Sharon Donnan Frances Dorsey and Robin E. Muller Sharmila Dua Maximilien Durand Mercedes Durant Philippe Dwyer and Rebecca. A. Zerby Eiluned M Edwards Benjamin Ehlers Catharine Ellis Deborah L Emmett Emily A. Engel and Maya Stanfield-Mazzi Leila Eslami Shirazi Faegheh Sarah E. Fee Andrea V Feeser Blenda Femenías Chriztine Foltz Cynthia Fowler Kate Frederick Gao Xia Carolina Gana and Lynne Jenkins Amalia Ramírez Garayza Jenny Garwood Alison A. Gates Surabhi Ghosh Rachel Green Gaby Greenlee Anu H Gupta and Shalina Mehta Thea Haines Louise Hamby and Valerie Kirk Karen Hampton Michaela Hansen Donna Hardy Joan G Hart Kimberly Hart Andrea M. Heckman Sandra L Heffernan Jan Heister Sarah Held Angela Hennesy Ines Hinojosa and Laurie Wilkins Memory Holloway Sylvia W Houghteling Kate Irvin Carol James Janis Jefferies Janis K Jefferies and Barbara Layne Lynne Jenkins and Carolina EunKyung (E.K.) Jeong Donald Clay Johnson Susan Kaiser and Minjung E Lee Jean L Kares Anjali Karolia Hiroko Karuno Alice Kettle Rebecca J. Keyel Valerie Kirk and Louise Hamby Jeana Eve Klein Sirpa Kokko and Riikka H Räisänen Studia Vernacula Deborah E Kraak Sumru B Krody Wendy S Landry Eleanor A Laughlin Minjung E Lee and Susan Kaiser V Margaret L Leininger Margaret L Leininger Tasha Lewis and Helen Trejo The Cultivator Transactions of the New York Agricultural Society The National Wool Grower American Sheep Industry Christina Lindholm Christina Lindholm Mary A Littrell David Loranger and Eulanda Sanders Shannon C Ludington Joanne Lukacher Caitrin Lynch Suzanne P MacAulay Louise M Macul Jane A Malcolm-Davies Kathleen Mangan Lavanya Mani Diana Marks Dawn G. Marsh Christine Martens Marcella Martin Bettina L Matzkuhn Suzanne H McDowell Julia McHugh MacKenzie Moon Ryan Anu H Gupta and Shalina Mehta Karina R Melati Perette E Michelli Eric Mindling Kate Mitchell Rebecca J Summerour and Dana Moffett Robin Muller and Frances Dorsey Hiroshi Murase Vasantha Muthian Willian Nassu Jeff Neale Sumiyo Okumura Fannie Ouyang Ava B Pandiani Slit Tapestry Red/Green Raksha Parekh Teresa A Paschke Pooja R. Pawar Karin E Peterson and Leisa Rundquist Amanda H Phillips Everyday Luxuries Paul Pressly Amy Putansu Riikka H Räisänen and Sirpa Kokko Uthra D Rajgopal Annie Ringuedé Kirsty M Robertson Lesli Robertson Regina A Root Nancy B Rosoff Ann P Rowe Leisa Rundquist and Karin E Peterson Katie M Sabo Stephanie Sabo Shohrat S. Saiyed Eulanda Sanders and David Loranger and Donna R. Danielson Laura I Sansone Joan Saverino Jessica L. Shaykett Jess Sheehan Lacy M Simkowitz Ruth Katzenstein Souza Carmela Spinelli Jeffrey C Splitstoser Maya Stanfield-Mazzi and Emily A. Engel Kathleen A Staples Laurie Carlson Steger Brooks Harris Stevens Cathy Stevulak Rebecca J Summerour and Dana Moffett Maleyne M Syracuse Helen Trejo and Tasha Lewis Kelly Thompson Linda J Thorsen Lynn C Tinley Tomoko Torimaru Helen Trejo Marta D. Turok Deborah Valoma Lisa M VandenBerghe Storm Janse van Rensburg Pauline M Verbeek-Cowart Belinda J. von Mengersen Lisa Vinebaum Yoshiko Wada Mary E Walker Sera J Waters Melinda Watt Marcia Weiss Susanna White Namita Wiggers Laurie Wilkins and Ines Hinojosa Robin B. Williams Liz Williamson Kathleen Curtis Wilson Christine A Wiltshier Charlotte Wittmann Sarah J Worden Ayşem Yanar Rebecca A. Zerby and Philippe Dwyer Callen Zimmerman Stephanie Zollinger Martha Zunig

Textile Society of America- Seventh Biennial Symposium 2000 WHOLE ISSUE

Approaching Textiles, Varying Viewpoints Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America Santa Fe, New Mexico 2000 The papers are unedited and reproduced as submitted. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission from the author. Students and researchers wishing to cite specific authors are encouraged to contact those individuals, as many of these papers represent work in progress, or work which has been committed for publication elsewhere. Contents Prefac

Gender Transculturation : Navigating Market-Mediated Contesting Gender Ideologies in Consumer Acculturation

In this book, I advance the concept of gender transculturation to illustrate how migrant consumers navigate contesting gender ideologies in their host cultural marketplace. Taking a consumer cultural theoretical perspective, the study lies in the nexus of and unpacks an alternative understanding in the current research frontier of consumer acculturation, gender and ideologies. Acculturation of immigrants and gender have become increasingly critical issues in contemporary academic, socio-economic and politico-cultural debates. Rising mobility and migration from the Global South to the Global North have steered immigrants to cross transcultural borders into contexts that are ideologically diverse. South Asian respondents from the Bangladeshi diaspora in Sweden have been interviewed to understand their home, host and transcultural discourses about gender through their narratives about the marketplace and consumption.My findings develop the gender transculturation model that exhibits how respondents draw from four conflicting gender ideologies. They engage in perpetual and fluid navigation of ideological tensions through three modes of gender transculturation: ideological ossification, oscillation and osmosis. They demonstrate ossification by rigidifying patriarchal and Islamic and being resistant towards egalitarian and transgressive gender ideologies. Oscillation is embodied by retention of patriarchal and Islamic and reworking of egalitarian and transgressive gender ideologies. In osmosis, they reject patriarchal and romanticise and reflect on egalitarian and transgressive gender ideologies.This is a book for consumer researchers, marketers, managers, social actors, policy- makers, and consumers who want to know more about migrant consumers with vast ideological differences and their views and beliefs on gender in the marketplace

Wrestling with Tradition: Japanese Activities at Amache, a World War II Incarceration Facility

I employ archaeological analyses, archival research, and oral histories to investigate traditional Japanese practices that were performed at Amache, a World War II Japanese American incarceration facility. I argue that these inter-generational practices helped to bridge a cultural gap that existed between several generations of Japanese Americans. For many incarcerated Japanese Americans, their first exposure to many traditional activities occurred during incarceration. The resulting social environment incorporated aspects of Japanese, Japanese American, and mainstream American influences, all of which were adapted to conditions during incarceration. Similarly, archaeological analyses allow for the investigation of traditional practice features. These provide evidence regarding the significance of the adapted landscape at Amache. Evidence of these practices suggests Amache internees had both a strong desire to maintain and celebrate these aspects of their Japanese heritage but they also incorporated non-traditional elements that reflected the unique living conditions during incarceration. Incarceration, I argue, created an environment in which a unique internee consciousness was formed in which the use of traditional practices was a focal point. The physical remains of traditional practices allow archaeologists to determine aspects of this newly formed consciousness that are not readily apparent in historical documentation

Diversity and Otherness

This book critically examines multiple ways in which cultural diversity is, and has been represented and handled. It questions the construction of differences in doing culture while emphasizing the fluidity of cultural entanglements. It is an invitation to re-think norms, practices and negotiations of diversity and otherness, to distinguish emancipatory from standardizing approaches and to “transculturalize” the study and the politics of culture

The evolution of the Kuna Mola: From cultural authentication to cultural survival

The San Blas Kuna Indians, an American Indian indigenous people, live in an autonomous territory in Panama and are considered to be a micro island nation. The distinctive mola blouse worn by Kuna women is recognised as an identifier of the Kuna people and also of Panama, and the history of this dual symbolism is investigated through an interdisciplinary approach. A “reference collection” comprising molas from six museums provided the basis for understanding the evolution of molas over the last one hundred years. A visual analysis comparing molas in these museums with contemporaneous archival photographs prompted an investigation of the role of the mola in Kuna culture, since the iconography of the mola panels is obscured when worn as part of the dress ensemble of Kuna women. The conceptual framework developed for this dissertation comprised four elements: cultural authentication; flow theory; cultural survival; and identity. The origin of the mola is explained in terms of the concept of cultural authentication developed by Eicher and Erekosima (1980) and this is linked to the concept of the invention of tradition (Hobsbawm and Ranger, 1983). Each of the components of cultural authentication outlined by Eicher and Erekosima was found to occur. The motivation for the continuation of the high quality mola production can be explained by a combination of factors, which relate to Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow Theory and the central role of ritual, which are linked to positive well-being. Previous research has established a link between textile making activities and the well-being of women in Western cultures and this research confirms that the theory is applicable to non-Western culture. The concept of ‘serious leisure’ is also found to be relevant to non-Western culture. The continuation of mola production is also considered in the context of the cultural survival of ethnic nation-states and the concept of ‘islamiento’, developed by Chernela (2011), is extended to encompass the overarching strategy developed by Kuna leaders since the move of the Kuna people to the San Blas islands, during the second half of the 19th century. This dissertation explores the reasons why the mola developed during the first part of the 20th century as part of the everyday dress ensemble of Kuna women, and why after the Kuna Revolution in 1925, the role of the mola in creating Kuna identity was reinforced. The association of the mola with Panama has in recent years also created a market for the mola as a tourist souvenir. Finally, the dissertation examines the role of museums in preserving Kuna material culture, which is not possible under local conditions. This dissertation concludes that museum collections are an integral part of a strategy to ensure cultural continuity and survival. Museum collections provide an important resource, vital for researchers from Kuna Indian communities, to trace the evolution of mola design and the significance of the mola for cultural identity

Diversity and Otherness

This book critically examines multiple ways in which cultural diversity is, and has been represented and handled. It questions the construction of differences in doing culture while emphasizing the fluidity of cultural entanglements. It is an invitation to re-think norms, practices and negotiations of diversity and otherness, to distinguish emancipatory from standardizing approaches and to “transculturalize” the study and the politics of culture