Kimono: Fashioning Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300056397 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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When Dalby spent a year as a geisha in Kyoto in the 1970s, she found that the most difficult part of her work was wearing the kimono. Her experience inspired this exhaustive chronicle of the history and social meanings of the robe. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. From Publishers Weekly Another Eastern fashion innovation is spotlighted by anthropologist Liza Dalby (Geisha) in Kimono: Fashioning Culture. Dalby is particularly concerned with how the confining robe in which women can't, among other things, cross their legs clashed with creeping Westernization in the last century, giving rise to such controversies as the 1920s skirmish over what kind of underwear should properly be worn with the kimono
A book based on fine research Paul Williams This is an essential book, I think, for clothing designers, people who like Japanese style, and fabric makers -- as well as others. Dalby's knowledge of Japan and women's kimono fashion is based on personal knowledge in the culture, including a stint a. Wonderful! Charissa N. Klassen Wonderful book. Some books like this can be very wordy with lots of random unrelated examples. But this was a nice read! I recommend it to everyone who is interested in Kitsuke. Informative Book Allie Nice book with a lot of information, but wish there had been some color pictures.
The resulting book is an engaging mix of detailed fashion history and social history, enhanced by more than two hundred illustrations.. It shows how clothing fashions can illuminate our understanding of a culture, by considering why things change and what can be learned from a formal analysis of the elements of a system that is more or less fixed. She includes discussion of the social meaning of wearing kimono today; how kimono as we know it came to hold its pre-eminent place as the national garment of Japan; a historical overview of the genesis of kimono; and an exploration of the intersections of sexual identity and clothing in the early 17th century. This beautifully written and sumptuously illustrated book uses the history of kimono, from its beginning two thousand years ago, to explore Japanese culture. The author uses kimono as a way to probe aspects of Japan that the Japanese themselves think of as close to the heart of their culture