Chinese Looks : Fashion, Performance, Race /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press,
2014.
©2014 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253015686 0253015685 |