Fashion and Politics in China’s Cultural Revolution

Everyday Dress in Guangdong and Beyond

AvPeidong Sun

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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Fashion and Politics in China's Cultural Revolution introduces English-speaking readers to Peidong Sun’s pioneering research on clothing choices during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and the forces that shaped them. Based on fieldwork conducted in Guangdong in the early twenty-first century, the book offers a rare perspective on the interplay of fashion, politics, and global influences during one of the most turbulent periods in modern Chinese history. First published in Chinese in 2013, this English-language edition has been abridged and revised for a new readership.Breaking with long-held stereotypes of Maoist China as a nation of “blue ants,” all dressed alike, this groundbreaking study reveals a diversified sartorial landscape. It identifies three major factors shaping dress over time: political status, creative adaptation in the face of material scarcity and political constraints, and the influence of the outside world through Guangdong’s proximity to Hong Kong and Macao. Cross-border movements of people—including foreigners attending the Canton Fair and relatives visiting family members in Guangdong—facilitated the circulation of styles, ideas, and consumer aspirations.Crucially, the book also makes a significant intervention in fashion theory. Western fashion theory by and large overlooks the role of the state. Sun brings the state back in. Individual agency, gender identity, and class differentiation were all factors in clothing choices during the Cultural Revolution, but the state was foremost among fashion agents. This book shows its pervasive presence in everyday life, extending to the realm of dress.

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Utgivningsdatum:2027-05-13
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:323 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Dress Cultures
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350520066
Översättare:Antonia Finnane

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Peidong Sun is Associate Professor of History and Distinguished Associate Professor of Arts & Sciences in China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Cornell University, USA. Her fifth book, Red DNA: How the Cultural Revolution Has Shaped the Xi Jinping Generation, is forthcoming.Antonia Finnane is an honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she taught for three decades. She is internationally known for her work on clothing in Chinese culture. Her latest book is How to Make a Mao Suit: Clothing the People of Communist China (2023).

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List of figuresList of tablesTranslator’s acknowledgementsAuthor’s acknowledgementsAbout this bookby Antonia FinnaneIntroduction1. Everyday fashions in the Cultural RevolutionMilitary uniformsThe Zhongshan suit and its variations 2. The politics of consumptionConsumption as politicsConsumption as economyConsumption as culture3. The politics of clothingClothing as a tool for expressing revolutionary tasteClothing as a tool for constructing a revolutionary image 4. Disciplining bizarre clothing and outlandish dress‘Bizarre clothing and outlandish dress’:types and characteristics Criteria for ‘bizarre clothing’ and thresholds for legitimate dress Regulating ‘bizarre clothing and outlandish dress’ The production and circulation of fashion under authoritarianismThe State as cultural brokerPostscript5. Practising everyday sartorial resistanceOvercoming scarcityTranscending monotony Resisting ‘gender submersion’Fashion influences from the outsideDress resistance and political legitimacyConclusionAfterwordAppendix I: The intervieweesAppendix II: Standard dress styles during the Cultural RevolutionAppendix III: Character list for Chinese termsBibliographyNotesIndex