Times, tempos, and the rhythm of fast fashion in Los Angeles and Seoul / Christina H. Moon. White like Koreans : the skin of the new Vietnam / Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu -- China : through the looking glass : race, property, and the possessive investment in White feelings / Minh-Ha T. Pham -- Beauty between empires : global feminisms, plastic surgery, and the trouble with self-esteem / S. Heijin Lee -- Beauty regimens, beauty regimes : Korean beauty on YouTube / Emily Raymundo -- Fashioning the field in Vietnam : an intersectional tale of clothing, femininities, and the pedagogy of appropriateness / Ann Marie Leshkowich -- Splitting the seams : transnational feminism and the Manila-Toronto production of Filipino couture / Denise Cruz -- Manicures as transnational body labor / Miliann Kang -- "Little freedoms" : immigrant labor and the politics of "fast fashion" after Rana Plaza / Jessamyn Hatcher -- Cartographic imaginaries of fast fashion in Guangzhou, China / Nellie Chu -- Times, tempos, and the rhythm of fast fashion in Los Angeles and Seoul / Christina H. Moon.
Summary:
Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia' considers the role of bodily aesthetics in the shaping of Asian modernities and the formation of the so-called "Asian Century." S. Heijin Lee, Christina H.Moon, and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu train our eyes on sites as far-flung, varied, and intimate as Guangzhou and Los Angeles, Saigon and Seoul, New York and Toronto. They map the transregional connections, ever-evolving aspirations and sensibilities,and new worlds and life paths forged through engagements with fashion and beauty. Contributors consider American influence on plastic surgery in Korea, Vietnamese debates about "the fashionable," and the costs and commitments demanded of those who make and wear fast fashion, from Chinese garment workers to Nepalese nail technicians in New York who are mandated to dress "fashionably." In doing so, this interdisciplinary anthology moves beyond common characterizations of Asians and the Asian diaspora as simply abject laborers or frenzied consumers, analyzing who the modern Asian subject is now: what they wear and how they work, move, eat, and shop.
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