In the Mood for Cheongsam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In the Mood for Cheongsam write by Chor Lin Lee. This book was released on 2012. In the Mood for Cheongsam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Spanning almost a century, this book examines the origins and development of the cheongsam in the social context of Singapore since its introduction from Shanghai, China, in the 1920s to the present day. The cheongsam, a one-piece Chinese ladies' dress that was the epitome of Chinese identity and feminine beauty during the middle decades of the 20th century. Initially seen as a symbol of a trendy, new, Republican China, shorn of the shackles of the imperial system, the cheongsam soon adopted intellectual overtones, and was favoured by the sophisticated and society's elite at elaborate social functions. When it was abandoned following the success of the Communist Party in China, the cheongsam survived in Singapore as the garment of choice for independent, educated women.
The Friday Poem
The Friday Poem - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Friday Poem write by Steve Braunias. This book was released on 2018-11-19. The Friday Poem available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An anthology of new New Zealand verse, which first appeared in the popular Friday Poem slot in The Spinoff website. It features some of the most well-known and established names in New Zealand poetry as well as new, exciting writers. It is a showcase of New Zealand poetry.
Wearing the Cheongsam
Wearing the Cheongsam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wearing the Cheongsam write by Cheryl Sim. This book was released on 2019-09-19. Wearing the Cheongsam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Associations between the cheongsam dress and Chinese cultural identity are well known but what are the meanings of the cheongsam for members of the Chinese diaspora? In a study grounded in first-hand accounts of wearing, Cheryl Sim explores the practices and experiences of women in Canada, a major Chinese diaspora, and carries out the first in-depth study of the cheongsam from this critical point of view. Questions explored over the course of 20 interviews, as well as during personal reflections on the author's own experiences of wearing, include: is there a desire to re-claim or appropriate the cheongsam? Does this desire risk perpetuating stereotypes of Asian women? Does it undermine one's identification with one's host country? Can erased heritage(s) be accessed through dress? And how does wearing the cheongsam interact with the male gaze? Revealing feelings of repulsion and attraction, Sim combines personal stories with an authoritative use of theoretical frameworks such as feminism, post-colonialism and autoethnography. Covering issues such as heritage, ethnic identity, authenticity, nationalism, patriarchy and assimilation, Sim demonstrates that the meanings of the cheongsam are multifarious. Readable but with strong academic underpinnings, this book is the entry point into discussions of Chinese dress and diaspora.
90 Years in Singapore
90 Years in Singapore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 90 Years in Singapore write by Irene Lim. This book was released on . 90 Years in Singapore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Irene Lim writes vividly about her life, family and friends over a period of 90 years. Except for a few years spent in Bukit Mertajam, Penang during the Japanese Occupation, Irene’s account is also a small Singapore Story.
Wearing the Cheongsam
Wearing the Cheongsam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wearing the Cheongsam write by Cheryl Sim. This book was released on 2019-09-19. Wearing the Cheongsam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Associations between the cheongsam dress and Chinese cultural identity are well known but what are the meanings of the cheongsam for members of the Chinese diaspora? In a study grounded in first-hand accounts of wearing, Cheryl Sim explores the practices and experiences of women in Canada, a major Chinese diaspora, and carries out the first in-depth study of the cheongsam from this critical point of view. Questions explored over the course of 20 interviews, as well as during personal reflections on the author's own experiences of wearing, include: is there a desire to re-claim or appropriate the cheongsam? Does this desire risk perpetuating stereotypes of Asian women? Does it undermine one's identification with one's host country? Can erased heritage(s) be accessed through dress? And how does wearing the cheongsam interact with the male gaze? Revealing feelings of repulsion and attraction, Sim combines personal stories with an authoritative use of theoretical frameworks such as feminism, post-colonialism and autoethnography. Covering issues such as heritage, ethnic identity, authenticity, nationalism, patriarchy and assimilation, Sim demonstrates that the meanings of the cheongsam are multifarious. Readable but with strong academic underpinnings, this book is the entry point into discussions of Chinese dress and diaspora.
