Author: Finnane, Antonia

Changing clothes in China : fashion, history, nation
Date2008
Publish_locationNew York
PublisherColumbia University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberGT1555.F56 2008
Descriptionxvii, 359 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Note

Changing clothes in China : fashion, history, nation / Antonia Finnane.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-342) and index.
Introduction: Fashion, history, nation -- Ways of seeing -- Fashions in late imperial China -- Soldiers and citizens -- The fashion industry in Shanghai -- Qipao China -- Her brother's clothes -- The new look in the new China -- Dressed to kill in the Cultural Revolution -- Breaking with the past -- Conclusion: Fashion, history, time.

SubjectCostume--China--History Clothing and dress--China--History Women--China--Social conditions China--Social life and customs--19th century China--Social conditions--1911-1949 Fashion--China--History China--Social life and customs--Republic, 1911-1949 Women's clothing--China--History
ISBN9780231143509
LCCN2007007239