© Columbia University Press
Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation
January, 2008
Cloth, 360 pages, 200 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-14350-9
$40.00
"It is clear from these pages how frequently the world of fashion has turned to China for inspiration." — Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
"[A] beautifully illustrated book . . . with delightful analysis of how gender, class,
and nationalism have influenced Chinese fashions through the ages." — The China Beat
"Finnane has produced an impressive history of modern Chinese fashion and much more. It will be a vital cores text for students of Chinese cultural history for decades to come." — Robert Culp, The Journal of Asian Studies
"Changing Clothes in China is beautifully produced, offering readers a splendid visual presentation of its rich content." — Elisabeth Koll, Business History ReviewHarvard Business School
"This is the long-awaited, authoritative, and definitive study of fashion in modern China. Antonia Finnane, a pioneer in this area, has accomplished an incredible feat—producing a vigorously-argued book that would advance intellectual debates while remaining accessible to the general reader. This is the first book-length work that situates 'fashion' in historical contexts, from the world trading system and urban development to revolutionary movements in modern China. It will launch fashion study as a serious intellectual endeavor in the field of Chinese studies while appealing to scholars in comparative fields (fashion studies, socioeconomic history, cultural history, and postcolonial studies) and the general reader alike." — Dorothy Ko, Columbia University
"This attractive and approachable book is to be welcomed as a contribution to the debates about culture, modernity, and gender in twentieth-century China, and, more widely, to the growing body of work on clothing and identity." — Verity Wilson, former Curator of Costume, Victoria and Albert Museum, London