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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Metzger, Sean, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Folkkultur.
Modedesign.
Mode.
Race relations.
Popular culture.
Manners and customs.
Fashion design.
Fashion.
Chinese in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
DESIGN > Textile & Costume.
Chinois au cinema.
Culture populaire > Chine.
Popular culture > China.
Fashion design > China.
Fashion > China.
China.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (308 pages).
ISBN:9780253015686

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