How to Make a Mao Suit

ISBN-13: 9781009359955 / Twarda / 2023 / 376 str.

Antonia (University of Melbourne) Finnane

Opis

Revisionist history of the transformation of clothing in China during the Mao years, 1949–1976.

Recenzje

'Garments made and worn mirror wider societal priorities, possibilities, and constraints. Antonia Finnane brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the Maoist era, a time of seemingly simple and strict sartorial aims, revealed as much more. Finnane recasts our understanding with ground-breaking gender-rich scholarship, revealing the options and boundaries shaping twentieth-century Chinese life.' Beverley Lemire, University of Alberta

Spis treści

List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Technical notes; Introduction; 1. The Red Group tailors and the Zhongshan suit; 2. Notions and sewing tools; 3. Making zhifu; 4. Sewing like a girl; 5. Rationing; 6. The time of the sewing machine; 7. Pattern books I: origins, authors, readers; 8. Pattern books II: how to take a measurement; 9. What should Chinese women wear?; Conclusion; Appendices; Glossary; References; Index.