How to Make a Mao Suit: Clothing the People of Communist China, 1949–1976
Author:   Antonia Finnane (University of Melbourne)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   386
Publication Date:   03 August 2023
Format:   Paperback
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How to Make a Mao Suit: Clothing the People of Communist China, 1949–1976


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Author:   Antonia Finnane (University of Melbourne)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781009359993


ISBN 10:   1009359991
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   03 August 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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.

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'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


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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.

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