The Fate of the Artisan in Revolutionary China: Tailors in Beijing, 1930s-1960s.

Not your prom dress: why a Chinese dress set off a cultural debate about identity and history

ANTONIA Finnane

When a girl in Kansas decided to wear a cheongsam (qipao) to her high school prom, she prompted a turf war over cultural ownership..

The Red Detachment of Women marches forward – but to where?

null Finnane

review of Chinese revolutionary ballet staged in Melbourne, February 2017

How to Make a Mao Suit

Antonia Finnane

2023-07-31

<jats:p>When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, new clothing protocols for state employees resulted in far-reachi..

Disappearing from the Picture?

Antonia Finnane

2020-06-04

<p>This article explores a lesser known source of graphic images of male and female figures produced during the early decades of t..

Lost in socialist transformation? Shanghai style under Mao

Antonia Finnane

2020-01-23

Styling Shanghai is the first book dedicated to exploring the city&#39;s fashion cultures, examining its growing status as one of ..

Disappearing from the picture? Female Figures in Pattern Books of the Mao Years

Antonia Finnane

2020-01-01

This article explores a lesser known source of graphic images of male and female figures produced during the early decades of the ..

Tailoring in China and Japan: cutting techniques and cultural transfer in the early 20th century

Antonia Finnane, Hissako Anjo

2020-01-01

This collection of essays explores how garments reflect the hierarchies of value, collective and personal inclinations, religious ..

Between Beijing and Shanghai: fashion in the Party state

Antonia Finnane

2019-01-01

Shanghai has been hailed as the future "Paris" of world fashion. An examination of how it is faring vis-a-vis Beijing and in the ..

Not just the Mao suit: Chinese fashion in the Mao years

A Finnane

2018-01-01

What were the sources of Chinese clothing designs in the Mao years? The usual answers would be the Sun Yatsen suit and military u..

TEXTILES AND APPAREL IN THE MAO YEARS: UNIFORMITY, VARIETY AND THE LIMITS OF AUTARCHY

A Finnane, P Sun

2018-01-01

‘Engels never rode in a plane’, said Deng Xiaoping in 1978, ‘and Stalin never wore Dacron’. His point was that the Party had to lo..

Cold War Sewing Machines: Production and Consumption in 1950s China and Japan

A Finnane

2016-08-01

With the consumption turn in the humanities and the social sciences, a phenomenon evident in English-language scholarship from the..

Department stores and the commodification of culture: artful marketing in a globalizing world

Antonia Finnane

2015-01-01