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Wearing propaganda : textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945
- Title
- Wearing propaganda : textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945 / John W. Dower [and others] ; Jacqueline M. Atkins, editor.
- Publication
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.
- Supplementary Content
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 376 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
- Summary
- "Protest fashion ... dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and Americans during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945) ... presents hundreds of examples of how fashion was employed by commercial interests on all sides of the conflict to boost morale and fan patriotism ... documents the development of the role of fashion as propaganda"--Dustjacket.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, November 18, 2005 through 5, 2006 and touring to Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, October 8, 2006 through January 7, 2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-371).
- Contents
- Setting the context / Jacqueline M. Atkins -- Propaganda on the home fronts : clothing and textiles as message / Jacqueline M. Atkins -- Propaganda precedents : pre-1930 propaganda textiles / Jacqueline M. Atkins and Miyuki Otaka -- Japan's beautiful modern war / John W. Dower -- Potatoes are protective, too : cultural icons of Britain at war / Antonia Lant -- An American vision : progaganda on the home front during World War II / Marianne Lamonaca. -- "Extravagance is the enemy" : fashion and textiles in wartime Japan / Jacqueline M. Atkins -- Design and war : kimono as "parlor-performance" propaganda / Kashiwagi Hiroshi -- War-promoting kimono (1931-45) / Wakakuwa Midori -- Keeping up home front morale : "Beauty and duty" in wartime Britain / Pat Kirkham -- London squares : the scarves of wartime Britain / Paul Rennie -- Showing the colors : America / Beverly Gordon -- An arsenal of design : themes, motifs and metaphors in propaganda textiles/ Jacqueline M. Atkins.
- Call Number
- JQZ 13-1008
- ISBN
- 0300109253
- 9780300109252
- 0300109245
- 9780300109245
- LCCN
- 2006278815
- OCLC
- 62875497
- Title
- Wearing propaganda : textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945 / John W. Dower [and others] ; Jacqueline M. Atkins, editor.
- Imprint
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2005.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-371).
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Atkins, Jacqueline M.Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.Allentown Art Museum.
- Research Call Number
- JQZ 13-1008