Cheang, Sarah, 2024, Book Section, Flowers,feathers and fashion: hair, nature and design innovation in late Qing China In: Harrison-Hall, Jessica, (ed.) China's 1800s: Material and Visual Cultre. British Museum Research Publications (241). British Museum, London, pp. 166-175. ISBN 978-0861592418
Abstract or Description: | This chapter is published new edited volume on innovation and material culture in nineteenth century China. It is part of the research activities that accompanied the British Museum’s major exhibition exploring the cultural achievements of late Qing China (China’s Hidden Century 18 May-8 October 2023). My chapter focuses on fashion and hair as an important location of Chinese modernity and technical innovation. It examines what hair pins and hair decorations can tell us about the ideas of innovation when they fall into the realms of fashion, nature and the body. Fashion is an inescapable dynamic of cultural change and cultural identity, and a crucial driver of style and innovation. Fashion’s associations women’s bodies, commerce, surface effect and ephemerality, however, have led to an awkward positioning within narratives of design reform. |
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Subjects: | Other > Historical and Philosophical studies > V100 History by period > V140 Modern History > V144 Modern History 1800-1899 Other > Historical and Philosophical studies > V200 History by area > V240 Asian History Other > Historical and Philosophical studies > V300 History by topic > V370 History of Design |
School or Centre: | School of Arts & Humanities |
Funders: | Arts and Humanities Research Council, The David Percival Foundation |
Identification Number or DOI: | 10.48582/pma9-2603 |
Additional Information: | This book is open access. Description of the volume as a whole: Building on the critically acclaimed British Museum exhibition China’s hidden century: 1796–1912, this publication seeks to redefine perceptions about 19th-century Qing arts. Essays by some of the world’s leading authorities on Qing culture reveal the social, cultural, religious, creative, economic and political history of makers, users, owners and collectors. Areas of focus include painting and patronage; calligraphy and seal carving; commerce and fashion; and craft technology and technology ensuring that the book will be a manual for the arts of China’s long 19th century. |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2025 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2025 16:20 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6085 |
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