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Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia
This chapter is in the book Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia
© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Figures vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. White Like Koreans: The Skin of the New Vietnam 21
  6. 2. China: Through the Looking Glass: Race, Property, and the Possessive Investment in White Feelings 41
  7. 3. Beauty between Empires: Global Feminisms, Plastic Surgery, and the Trouble with Self- Esteem 69
  8. 4. Beauty Regimens, Beauty Regimes: Korean Beauty on YouTube 103
  9. 5. Fashioning the Field in Vietnam: An Intersectional Tale of Clothing, Femininities, and the Pedagogy of Appropriateness 127
  10. 6. Splitting the Seams: Transnational Feminism and the Manila- Toronto Production of Filipino Couture 154
  11. 7. Manicures as Transnational Body Labor 184
  12. 8. “Little Freedoms”: Immigrant Labor and the Politics of “Fast Fashion” after Rana Plaza 209
  13. 9. Cartographic Imaginaries of Fast Fashion in Guangzhou, China 242
  14. 10. Times, Tempos, and the Rhythm of Fast Fashion in Los Angeles and Seoul 269
  15. Acknowledgments 283
  16. About the Contributors 287
  17. Index 289
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479892150.003.0012

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Figures vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. White Like Koreans: The Skin of the New Vietnam 21
  6. 2. China: Through the Looking Glass: Race, Property, and the Possessive Investment in White Feelings 41
  7. 3. Beauty between Empires: Global Feminisms, Plastic Surgery, and the Trouble with Self- Esteem 69
  8. 4. Beauty Regimens, Beauty Regimes: Korean Beauty on YouTube 103
  9. 5. Fashioning the Field in Vietnam: An Intersectional Tale of Clothing, Femininities, and the Pedagogy of Appropriateness 127
  10. 6. Splitting the Seams: Transnational Feminism and the Manila- Toronto Production of Filipino Couture 154
  11. 7. Manicures as Transnational Body Labor 184
  12. 8. “Little Freedoms”: Immigrant Labor and the Politics of “Fast Fashion” after Rana Plaza 209
  13. 9. Cartographic Imaginaries of Fast Fashion in Guangzhou, China 242
  14. 10. Times, Tempos, and the Rhythm of Fast Fashion in Los Angeles and Seoul 269
  15. Acknowledgments 283
  16. About the Contributors 287
  17. Index 289
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