{"id":120648,"date":"2025-09-05T12:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120648\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:06:16","slug":"a-new-book-explores-fashions-role-in-shaping-modern-societies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/120648\/","title":{"rendered":"A new book explores fashion\u2019s role in shaping modern societies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published on: Sept 05, 2025 05:02 pm IST <\/p>\n<p>    The book explores how fashion operates as a market force, shaping postmodern democratic societies and market economies     <\/p>\n<p>A new book titled Fashion, Popular Culture and Political Economy by Nirupama Singh Dar was recently launched in the Capital. The book explores how fashion operates as a market force, shaping postmodern democratic societies and market economies.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QJVKNY19_1757064521464_1757064540429.jpg\" alt=\"Nirupama Singh Dar and Sunil Sethi\" title=\"Nirupama Singh Dar and Sunil Sethi\"\/>   Nirupama Singh Dar and Sunil Sethi    <\/p>\n<p>FDCI Chairman Sunil Sethi, who unveiled the book, remarked, \u201cThe fact that this book has been published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis speaks volumes about the depth and significance of this work.\u201d He further noted, \u201cIt is rare to see an Indian author published by such a prestigious house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nirupama Singh Dar emphasised India\u2019s unique position in preserving its handloom heritage, stating, \u201cThe ancient craft of handloom weaving and hand embroidery continues to thrive in India and is greatly valued. This gives India an answer to the carbon footprint challenges posed by fast fashion, which are impacting the world so profoundly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"HTCity_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/htcity\" data-vars-event-cta=\"HTCity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HTCity<\/a> \/ A new book explores fashion\u2019s role in shaping modern societies   <\/p>\n<p> See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on: Sept 05, 2025 05:02 pm IST The book explores how fashion operates as a market force,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[64,63,457,134,20638,67776,85194,68818,13454],"class_list":["post-120648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-books","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion","tag-fast-fashion","tag-handloom-heritage","tag-political-economy","tag-popular-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}