Ruiru Guo

Ruiru Guo

November 15, 2024

Islamabad, Margalla Bazaar, Second-hand clothing, Field research, Globalization and local dilemmas.

In the past forty years, the continuous deepening of capital globalization has enabled second-hand clothing to break through the limitations of time and space and become an important component of global trade. Due to the shortage of daily necessities in developing countries and the surplus of materials in developed countries, coupled with the historical colonial influence, the cross regional flow of second-hand clothing has been achieved and expanded globally. As an economically impoverished country lacking a sound trading system, Pakistan has long been involved in this global trading system. This article takes the perspective of global history and cosmopolitanism, and focuses on the second-hand clothing from Europe and America in the Margalla Bazaar in Islamabad as the research object. Using world system theory and attachment theory, it explores the global operational logic and its impact on local economy and culture. By analyzing the background of second-hand clothing circulation, people can understand its impact on the lifestyle and cultural concepts of the people in Islamabad and its surrounding areas, reveal the economic and cultural changes brought about by globalization, and provide new references for people to understand the world.

© 2024, the Authors. Published by ISCCAC

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