TY  - GEN
T1  - Chinese looks : fashion, performance, race
A1  - Metzger, Sean, 1973-
LA  - English
PP  - Bloomington, IN
PB  - Indiana University Press
YR  - 2014
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn892798984
AB  - 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.
OP  - 316
CN  - TT504.6.C5 .C384 2014
SN  - 9780253015686
SN  - 0253015685
SN  - 9780253012470
SN  - 0253012473
SN  - 9780253012562
SN  - 0253012562
KW  - Fashion : China.
KW  - Fashion design : China.
KW  - Popular culture : China.
KW  - Chinese in motion pictures.
KW  - Culture populaire : Chine.
KW  - Chinois au cinéma.
KW  - DESIGN : Textile & Costume.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : History & Criticism.
KW  - Chinese in motion pictures
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Fashion design
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Race relations
KW  - China
KW  - Mode.
KW  - Modedesign.
KW  - Folkkultur.
ER  -