Fashioning Chinese America: Alice Fong Yu and the Transpacific Boycott of Japanese Silk Stockings, 1...
Fashioning Chinese America: Alice Fong Yu and the Transpacific Boycott of Japanese Silk Stockings, 1931–1941
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
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English
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During the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), Chinese American clubwoman Alice Fong Yu organized a San Francisco-based boycott of Japanese silk hose. Through an analysis of her war relief fashion shows and published essays, this article argues that Yu used the boycott to communicate the political acuity and cultural modernity of Chinese and Chinese Ame...
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Fashioning Chinese America: Alice Fong Yu and the Transpacific Boycott of Japanese Silk Stockings, 1931–1941
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2323120835
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2323120835
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1042-7961,1527-2036
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1527-2036
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10.1353/jowh.2019.0037
