LEADER 02914nam 2200637 450 001 9910787039303321 005 20230126212347.0 010 $a0-253-01568-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000250619 035 $a(EBL)1809825 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001349652 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11698642 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349652 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11398289 035 $a(PQKB)10730406 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1809825 035 $a(OCoLC)892430093 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41848 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1809825 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10947170 035 $a(OCoLC)892798984 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000250619 100 $a20141008h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChinese looks $efashion, performance, race /$fSean Metzger 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana :$cIndiana University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (316 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-01247-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1 THE QUEUE; 1 Charles Parsloe's Chinese Fetish; 2 Screening Tails; PART 2 THE QIPAO; 3 Anna May Wong and the Qipao's American Debut; 4 Exoticus Eroticus, or the Silhouette of Suzie's Slits during the Cold War; 5 Cut from Memory: Wong Kar-Wai's Fashionable Homage; PART 3 THE MAO SUIT; 6 An Unsightly Vision; 7 Uniform Beliefs?; 8 Mao Fun Suits; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aFrom 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 pivotal moment in US-China relations, indexing shifts in the balance of power between the two nations. Metzger shows how aesthetics, gender, politics, econom 606 $aFashion$zChina 606 $aFashion design$zChina 606 $aPopular culture$zChina 606 $aChinese in motion pictures 607 $aChina$xRace relations 607 $aChina$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aFashion 615 0$aFashion design 615 0$aPopular culture 615 0$aChinese in motion pictures. 676 $a746.9/20951 700 $aMetzger$b Sean$f1973-$01484251 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787039303321 996 $aChinese looks$93707176 997 $aUNINA