https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Paving-the-Silk-Road-Rethinking-Ethnic-Solidarity-in-Los-Angeles-Korean-Garment.html https://metropolitics.org/Paving-the-Silk-Road-Rethinking-Ethnic-Solidarity-in-Los-Angeles-Korean-Garment.html 2018-06-19T05:00:00Z text/html en Angie Y. Chung & Sookhee Oh Los Angeles Koreatown social networks ethnic solidarity Los Angeles Fashion District clothing manufacture textile industry apparel industry <p>In this piece on Koreans in Los Angeles' garment industry, sociologists Angie Chung and Sookhee Oh discuss the external factors that influence ethnic solidarity. In doing so, they treat as fluid and changing a category often taken for granted as stable and fixed. <br class='autobr' /> In April 2017, the news broke that Forever 21, a fast-growing clothing retailer, was under federal investigation for using factory sweatshops to manufacture its trendy clothing lines. The company is owned by one of the most</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-From-the-Field-15-.html" rel="directory">From the Field</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Los-Angeles-+.html" rel="tag">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Koreatown-+.html" rel="tag">Koreatown</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-social-networks-+.html" rel="tag">social networks</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-ethnic-solidarity-+.html" rel="tag">ethnic solidarity</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Los-Angeles-Fashion-District-+.html" rel="tag">Los Angeles Fashion District</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-clothing-manufacture-+.html" rel="tag">clothing manufacture</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-textile-industry-+.html" rel="tag">textile industry</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-apparel-industry-+.html" rel="tag">apparel industry</a>