Woman’s fashion as an element of the local urban culture (On the example of Nalchik) Cover Image

Женская мода как элемент локальной городской культуры (На примере г. Нальчик)
Woman’s fashion as an element of the local urban culture (On the example of Nalchik)

Author(s): Z.H. Soblirova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Cultural history, Gender history, Social development, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the arts, business, education
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: woman’s fashion; the dynamic’s of culture; tradition; innovation; local culture; cultural transformation; fast fashion; mentality;

Summary/Abstract: The paper studies problems of local fashion phenomenon in the context of the Adyghe cultural system. This work analyzes certain aspects of the material culture dynamics (national dress), which led to the replacement of traditional values, worldview, the foundations of society and the formation of a new cultural paradigm. The study advances the idea of dialectical interdependence of traditional styles and modern fashion trends.Based on the materials of the urban youth survey we attempted to explicate female images presented in Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic).The article presents a typology of different girlish images, makes theoretical conclusions aimed at a thorough disclosure of the stages of evolution of spiritual and material values in the city, village and illustrates issues related to the transformation of the whole material culture of the local people.Range of scientific questions and issues raised here did not often become the subject of research, especially in the context of historical-cultural interpretation of fashion as a manifestation of the local culture.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 54-62
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian