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Wearing propaganda : textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945 / by John W. Dower [and others] ; Jacqueline M. Atkins, editor.

Contributor(s): Dower, John W | Allentown Art Museum [host institution.] | Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture [host institution.]Language: English Publisher: New Haven : Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture by Yale University Press, 2005ISBN: 030027226X; 9780300272260Subject(s): Fashion -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century | Textile fabrics -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Textile fabrics -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions | World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda -- ExhibitionsGeneral note: "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Wearing Propaganda : Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945 held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, Nov. 18, 2005 through Feb 5, 2006. Exhibition tour: Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 8, 2006, through January 7, 2007"Online resources: Click here to access online
Partial contents:
Director's preface / Susan Weber Soros -- Foreword / Jacqueline M. Atkins -- Introduction / J.M. Atkins -- Maps -- Time line 1895-1945 : The Asia Pacific War and its precedents, 1895-1945 / Yumiko Yamamori. -- Part I. Setting the context. Chapter 1. Setting the context / J.M. Atkins -- Chapter 2. Propaganda on the home fronts: clothing and textiles as message / J.M. Atkins -- Chapter 3. Propaganda precedents : pre-1930 propaganda textiles / J.M. Atkins and Miyuki Otaka -- Part II. The visual culture of war. Chapter 4. Japan's beautiful modern war / John W. Dower -- Chapter 5. Potatoes are protective, too : cultural icons of Britain at war / Antonia Lant -- Chapter 6. An American vision : propaganda on the home front during World War II / Marianne Lamonaca. -- Part III. Wearing propaganda : fashion, textiles, and morale on the home front. Chapter 7. "Extravagance is the Enemy" : fashion and textiles in wartime Japan / J.M. Atkins -- Chapter 8. Design and war : kimono as "parlor-performance" propaganda / Kashiwagi Hiroshi -- Chapter 9. War-promoting kimono (1931-45) / Wakakuwa Midori -- Chapter 10. Keeping up home front morale : "Beauty and duty" in wartime Britain / Pat Kirkham -- Chapter 11. London squares : the scarves of wartime Britain / Paul Rennie -- Chapter 12. Showing the colors : America / Beverly Gordon -- Part IV. The propaganda textile motifs of the Asia-Pacific War. Chapter 13. An arsenal of design : themes, motifs and metaphors in propaganda textiles / J.M. Atkins -- Glossary.
Summary: Dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and Americans during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945). This fascinating book presents hundreds of examples of how fashion was employed by commercial interests on all sides of the conflict to boost morale and fan patriotism.... Wearing Propaganda documents the development of the role of fashion as propaganda.
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Director's preface / Susan Weber Soros -- Foreword / Jacqueline M. Atkins -- Introduction / J.M. Atkins -- Maps -- Time line 1895-1945 : The Asia Pacific War and its precedents, 1895-1945 / Yumiko Yamamori. -- Part I. Setting the context. Chapter 1. Setting the context / J.M. Atkins -- Chapter 2. Propaganda on the home fronts: clothing and textiles as message / J.M. Atkins -- Chapter 3. Propaganda precedents : pre-1930 propaganda textiles / J.M. Atkins and Miyuki Otaka -- Part II. The visual culture of war. Chapter 4. Japan's beautiful modern war / John W. Dower -- Chapter 5. Potatoes are protective, too : cultural icons of Britain at war / Antonia Lant -- Chapter 6. An American vision : propaganda on the home front during World War II / Marianne Lamonaca. -- Part III. Wearing propaganda : fashion, textiles, and morale on the home front. Chapter 7. "Extravagance is the Enemy" : fashion and textiles in wartime Japan / J.M. Atkins -- Chapter 8. Design and war : kimono as "parlor-performance" propaganda / Kashiwagi Hiroshi -- Chapter 9. War-promoting kimono (1931-45) / Wakakuwa Midori -- Chapter 10. Keeping up home front morale : "Beauty and duty" in wartime Britain / Pat Kirkham -- Chapter 11. London squares : the scarves of wartime Britain / Paul Rennie -- Chapter 12. Showing the colors : America / Beverly Gordon -- Part IV. The propaganda textile motifs of the Asia-Pacific War. Chapter 13. An arsenal of design : themes, motifs and metaphors in propaganda textiles / J.M. Atkins -- Glossary.

Dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and Americans during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945). This fascinating book presents hundreds of examples of how fashion was employed by commercial interests on all sides of the conflict to boost morale and fan patriotism.... Wearing Propaganda documents the development of the role of fashion as propaganda.

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