Chinese Looks: Fashion, Performance, Race

by Sean Metzger

Book Overview

From yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, Chinese Looks examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. Sean Metzger provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrical and cinematic performance: the queue, or man's hair braid; the woman's suit known as the qipao; and the Mao suit. Each object emerges at a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253012473
• ISBN13: 9780253012470
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher