This beautifully written and sumptuously illustrated book uses the history of kimono, from its beginning two thousand years ago, to explore Japanese culture. 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. 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. She includes ...
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This beautifully written and sumptuously illustrated book uses the history of kimono, from its beginning two thousand years ago, to explore Japanese culture. 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. 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. 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. The resulting book is an engaging mix of detailed fashion history and social history, enhanced by more than two hundred illustrations.
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Add this copy of Kimono: Fashioning Culture to cart. $4.05, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Yale University Press.
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Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 0300056397 A Fine, like new large hardcover (approx. 8.5" x 8.5"), bright, clean and solid; in a near fine dust jacket, which has one small tear at bottom edge. 384 pages, with index and glossary, bibliography, and extensive source notes. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs. 18168.
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Anything you might want to know about Kimonos is right here, beautifully done, with much insight and historical accuracy . Shipping from this seller was sluggish considering that I ordered another book at the same time from a vendor in NYC and that book got to me in three business days when this one took more than a week and both were ordered same type of shipping. The book was like new, excellent condition better than described by vendor.
