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Abstract
  • Pietra Rivoli’s Travels of a T-Shirt in the GlobalEconomy investigates the extensive route hert-shirt took from its conception in the cottonfields of Lubbock, Texas, to the Walgreen’sDrugstore in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, whereshe purchased it. This journey quickly movesfrom the cotton fields of West Texas where thefiber is grown, through New Mexico, Nevada,and California by truck or train, across thePacific to Shanghai. In China, the cotton isspun into yarn, knitted into cloth, cut, andfinally sewn into the t-shirt. The cotton textileindustry is just as important to the farmers inLubbock, Texas as it is to the factory workers inShanghai. These cities, seemingly worldsapart, are bound by this cotton fiber, eachcity tied to the other in a push-and-pull. Thetitle of this piece states the length of yarn in anaverage t-shirt and approximates the time ofits un-doing.
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Resource type
  • Art
Rights statement
  • In Copyright
Extent
  • 2'x4'x6"
Medium
  • Found t-shirt, unknit

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