{"product_id":"chinese-looks-9780253012470","title":"Chinese Looks","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, this book examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. It provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrical and cinematic performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Metzger offers a rich and detailed study of Chinese fashion, calling it the 'Sino\/American interface' that marks political and cultural investments in America's views of China and Chinese Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e * New Books in Asian American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinese Looks is a sophisticated and well-researched publication that sheds light on how our appearances are tools for expressing identity, culture, politics, and issues that cross these complex boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e * Costume *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultivating both a careful examination of cinematic technique and a broad theoretical understanding of global cultural exchange, Metzger does an especially good job of putting the cultural industries of China and North America into conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Drama Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an important work that should be of interest to scholars in the fields of theatre, performance, cinema, queer studies, art history, costume design, and visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e * Modern Drama *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA welcome addition to theatre and performance studies, film studies, Asian American studies, fashion theory, and gender and sexuality studies, \u003cem\u003eChinese Looks \u003c\/em\u003eis poised to provide entree into future conversations about China's continued rise in geopolitics, the next chapter in the Sino\/American interface.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of American Drama and Theatre *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart I. The \u003ci\u003eQueue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Charles Parsloe's Chinese Fetish \u003cbr\u003e2. Screening Tails\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart II. The \u003ci\u003eQipao\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Anna May Wong and the \u003ci\u003eQipao's\u003c\/i\u003e American Debut \u003cbr\u003e4. Exoticus Eroticus, or the Silhouette of Suzie's Slits during the Cold War \u003cbr\u003e5. Cut from Memory: Wong Kar-Wai's Fashionable Homage\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart III. The Mao Suit \u003cbr\u003e6. An Unsightly Vision \u003cbr\u003e7. Uniform Beliefs? \u003cbr\u003e8. Mao Fun Suits\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Tuxedo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400540201303,"sku":"9780253012470","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253012470.jpg?v=1730470933","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinese-looks-9780253012470","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}