Subject: Women's clothing--China--History

Changing clothes in China : fashion, history, nation
AuthorFinnane, Antonia
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.
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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.

ISBN9780231143509
LCCN2007007239