Antonia Finnane

How to Make a Mao Suit

Clothing the People of Communist China, 1949-1976

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9781009359955
• ISBN-10: 1009359959
• Artikelnr.: 67746389

Autorenporträt

Antonia Finnane is honorary professorial fellow in history at the University of Melbourne. She is internationally known for her work on the history of dress and fashion in modern China.

Inhaltsangabe

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.