How to make a Mao suit: clothing the people of communist China, 1949-1976

When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, new clothing protocols for state employees resulted in far-reaching changes in what people wore. In a pioneering history of dress in the Mao years (1949-1976), Antonia Finnane traces the transformation, using industry archives and persona...

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1. Verfasser: Finnane, Antonia 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in the history of the People's Republic of China
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Zusammenfassung:When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, new clothing protocols for state employees resulted in far-reaching changes in what people wore. In a pioneering history of dress in the Mao years (1949-1976), Antonia Finnane traces the transformation, using industry archives and personal stories to reveal a clothing regime pivoted on the so-called 'Mao suit'. The time of the Mao suit was the time of sewing schools and sewing machines, pattern books and homemade clothes. It was also a time of close economic planning, when rationing meant a limited range of clothes made, usually by women, from limited amounts of cloth. In an area of scholarship dominated by attention to consumption, Finnane presents a revisionist account focused instead on production. How to Make a Mao Suit provides a richly illustrated account of clothing that links the material culture of the Mao years to broader cultural and technological changes of the twentieth century
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The Red Group tailors and the Zhongshan suit -- Notions and sewing tools -- Making zhifu -- Sewing like a girl -- Rationing -- The time of the sewing machine -- Pattern books I : origins, authors, readers -- Pattern books II : how to take a measurement -- What should Chinese women wear?
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 369 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009360005
DOI:10.1017/9781009360005

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