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1 online resource (316 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1 THE QUEUE; 1 Charles Parsloe's Chinese Fetish; 2 Screening Tails; PART 2 THE QIPAO; 3 Anna May Wong and the Qipao's American Debut; 4 Exoticus Eroticus, or the Silhouette of Suzie's Slits during the Cold War; 5 Cut from Memory: Wong Kar-Wai's Fashionable Homage; PART 3 THE MAO SUIT; 6 An Unsightly Vision; 7 Uniform Beliefs?; 8 Mao Fun Suits; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fashion -- China.
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Fashion. |
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China. |
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Fashion design -- China.
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Fashion design. |
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Popular culture -- China.
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Popular culture. |
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Chinese in motion pictures.
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Chinese in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metzger, Sean, 1973- Chinese looks. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2014] 9780253012470 (DLC) 2013042016 (OCoLC)857276890 |
| ISBN |
9780253015686 electronic book |
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0253015685 electronic book |
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9780253012470 |
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0253012473 |
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9780253012562 |
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0253012562 |
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