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Title:

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

Publisher:

Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative ArtsDesign, and Culture by Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

376 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Subject:

World war, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
Textile fabrics--History--20th century.
Fashion--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Dower, John W.
Atkins, Jacqueline M.
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.
Allentown Art Museum.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, Nov. 18, 2005-Feb 5, 2006; tour to: Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pa., Oct. 8, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-371).

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: Ch.1. Setting the context / J.M. Atkins -- Ch.2. Propaganda on the home fronts: clothing and textiles as message / J.M. Atkins -- Ch.3. Propaganda precedents: pre-1930 propaganda textiles / J.M. Atkins and Miyuki Otaka. -- Part II. The visual culture of war: Ch.4. Japan's beautiful modern war / John W. Dower -- Ch.5. Potatoes are protective, too: cultural icons of Britain at war -- Ch.6. An American vision: progaganda on the home front during World War II / Marianne Lamonaca. -- Part III. Wearing propaganda: fashion, textiles, and morale on the home front: Ch.7. "Extravagance is the Enemy": fashion and textiles in wartime Japan / J.M. Atkins -- Ch.8. Design and war: kimono as "parlor-performance" propaganda / Kashiwagi Hiroshi -- Ch.9. War-promoting kimono (1931-45) / Wakakuwa Midori -- Ch.10. Keeping up home front morale: "Beauty and duty" in wartime Britain / Pat Kirkham -- Ch.11. Showing the colors: America / Beverly Gordon -- Part IV. The propaganda textile motifs of the Asia-Pacific War: Ch.13. An arsenal of design: themes, motifs and metaphors in propaganda textiles/ J.M. Atkins.

ISBN:

9780300109245
0300109245

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62875497
(OCoLC)61702209

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)