Chinese Looks : Fashion, Performance, Race /

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From yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, Chinese Looks examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. Sean Metzger provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrica...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Metzger, Sean, 1973- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2014.
©2014
Sujets:
Fashion > China.
Fashion design > China.
Popular culture > China.
Chinese in motion pictures.
Culture populaire > Chine.
Chinois au cinéma.
DESIGN > Textile & Costume.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Fashion.
Fashion design.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Race relations.
Mode.
Modedesign.
Folkkultur.
China.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:From yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, Chinese Looks examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. Sean Metzger provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrical and cinematic performance: the queue, or man''s hair braid; the woman''s suit known as the qipao; and the Mao suit. Each object emerges at a pivotal moment in US-China relations, indexing shifts in the balance of power between the two nations. Metzger shows how aesthetics, gender, politics, econom.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (316 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253015686
0253015685

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