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.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| Authors: |
Antonia Finnane
|
| Pages: |
376 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-00-935999-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-00-935999-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781009359993 |
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