Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation |
Buy Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation here, one of 750 China History books offered for sale at discount prices here in the history books section at R bookshop. There are currently 71947 history books in our history books section, and over 1,000,000 books listed in our book store. We greatly appreciate your patronage at R bookshop and look forward to offering you a large selection of great books at discount prices now and in the future. Thank you for shopping at R Bookshop!
|
You Are Here: Home > History Books > China History > Item 42
 |
Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation
|
by Antonia Finnane
Sales Rank: 81855
|
List Price: $35.00
$28.00
At Amazon
on 6-17-2008.
|
|
|
|
Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 360 pages
Published by: Columbia University Press December 16, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0231143508
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0231143509
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 2.1 pounds
Product Review
"This is the long-awaited, authoritative, and definitive study of fashion in modern China. Antonia Finnane, a pioneer in this area, has accomplished an incredible feat& mdash;producing a vigorously-argued book that would advance intellectual debates while remaining accessible to the general reader. This is the first book-length work that situates 'fashion' in historical contexts, from the world trading system and urban development to revolutionary movements in modern China. It will launch fashion study as a serious intellectual endeavor in the field of Chinese studies while appealing to scholars in comparative fields (fashion studies, socioeconomic history, cultural history, and postcolonial studies) and the general reader alike." -- Dorothy Ko, Columbia University
"This attractive and approachable book is to be welcomed as a contribution to the debates about culture, modernity, and gender in twentieth-century China, and, more widely, to the growing body of work on clothing and identity." -- Verity Wilson, former Curator of Costume, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Product Description
Based largely on nineteenth and twentieth-century representations of Chinese dress as traditional and unchanging, historians have long regarded fashion as something peculiarly Western. But in this surprising, sumptuously illustrated book, Antonia Finnane proves that vibrant fashions were a vital part of Chinese life in the late imperial era, when well-to-do men and women showed a keen awareness of what was up-to-date.
Though foreigners who traveled to China in the early decades of the twentieth century came away with the impression that Chinese dress was simple and monotone, the key features of modern fashion were beginning to emerge, especially in Shanghai. Men in blue gowns donned felt caps and leather shoes, girls began to wear fitted jackets and narrow pants, and homespun garments gave way to machine-woven cloth, often made in foreign lands. These innovations marked the start of a far-reaching vestimentary revolution that would transform the clothing culture in urban and much of rural China over the next half century.
Through Finnane's meticulous research, we are able to see how the close-fitting jacket and high collar of the 1911 Revolutionary period, the skirt and jacket-blouse of the May Fourth era, and the military style popular in the Cultural Revolution led to the variegated, globalized wardrobe of today. She brilliantly connects China's modernization and global visibility with changes in dress, offering a vivid portrait of the complex, subtle, and sometimes contradictory ways the people of China have worn their nation on their backs.
Back To Top
|
Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation
Available from Amazon
Price: $28.00
Updated on 6-17-2008.
|
NOTICE: All prices, availability, and specifications
are subject to verification by their respective retailers.
| We offer Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation and other related China History Books here at Rbookshop.com. To view more books about China History please use the previous and next buttons near the top of this page.
|
|
Search for books at
