Discussing production and consumption of clothing, this thesis illustrates a hierarchical change of contemporary Paiwan society, and the foundation of this hierarchy. The first section explores how Paiwan people manipulate symbolism and materiality of clothing in process of exchange, and how clothing reproduces hierarchy. The second section records how household production of clothing transformed into a commercial, transnational enterprise, and how this change influences values of clothing and Paiwan social relation. The third one illuminates how the emergence of contemporary Paiwan clothing inherits from as well as impacts upon classic one.
