Changing clothes in China : An uncorrected proof fashion, history, nation /

Finnane, Antonia.

Changing clothes in China : An uncorrected proof fashion, history, nation / Antonia Finnane. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - xvii, 359 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.

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.

9780231143509 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231143508 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231512732 (ebook) 0231512732 (ebook)

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Clothing and dress--History.--China
Fashion--History.--China


China--Social life and customs.

GT1555 / .F56 2008

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