Chinese Fashion: From Mao to Now Contributor(s): Wu, Juanjuan (Author), Eicher, Joanne B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845207785 ISBN-13: 9781845207786 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Beauty & Grooming - General - Design | Fashion & Accessories - Art | Asian - General |
Dewey: 391.009 |
LCCN: 2009020254 |
Series: Dress, Body, Culture (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: How has fashion mirrored the social and cultural changes that have taken place in modern China? To what extent has fashion contributed to those changes? This book provides the first comprehensive account of modern Chinese fashion from 1978 to the present day. The post-Mao era witnessed the birth of the Chinese market economy, the reawakening of Chinese fashion, and the rejuvenation of Chinese society. The program of economic reform turned China into the world's leading manufacturing powerhouse, and the Chinese fashion industry now plays a key international role. During the same period, Western companies discovered China as a significant market for branded fashion and luxury goods. This book, which takes a chronological approach, offers an analysis of the development of the Chinese fashion industry as well as an analysis of the relationship between dress, gender, identity and consumption in contemporary China. As such it will be welcomed by all students of fashion and textiles. |
Contributor Bio(s): Eicher, Joanne B.: - Joanne B. Eicher is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Joanne is Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion (Bloomsbury and OUP); Series Editor, Dress, Body Culture (Bloomsbury); Author, Editor, Co-Editor, The Visible Self, (Fairchild); Dress and Gender (Berg); Dress and Ethnicity (Berg); Beads and Beadmakers (Berg); Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride (National Geographic); a wide variety of published articles in professional journals and chapters in books. |