{"product_id":"the-chinese-fashion-industry-jianhua-andrew-zhao-9781847889362","title":"The Chinese Fashion Industry: An Ethnographic Approach","description":"Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon. Today the Chinese fashion industry is one of the most dynamic in the world - it not only supplies fashions to the increasingly discerning domestic market, but also provides one-third of the clothing sold in the global market. How did this phenomenal transition come about? What can the growth of the Chinese fashion industry tell us about the post-Mao China? What roles do the local and the global play in the dramatic changes? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book offers a historically informed, ethnographically grounded and interpretive analysis of contemporary Chinese fashion and the fashion industry. It examines the interplay of state politics, market forces, local social and cultural factors, and the global political economy, both in the rise of the Chinese fashion industry and in the life and work of Chinese fashion professionals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As the first ethnographic account of the Chinese fashion industry in the post-Mao era, \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese Fashion Industry \u003c\/i\u003ecombines first-hand accounts with sophisticated cultural analysis to offer new insights, and will be of interest to students and scholars of fashion, anthropology and China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jianhua (Andrew) Zhao, Zhao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847889360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847889362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Jianhua (Andrew) Zhao","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077615808767,"sku":"9781847889362","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c073fee3-9659-4e6c-b339-253839b2bedb.jpg?v=1685470898","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chinese-fashion-industry-jianhua-andrew-zhao-9781847889362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}