Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia / / ed. by Christina H. Moon, S. Heijin Lee, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Chu, Nellie,; Cruz, Denise,; Hatcher, Jessamyn,; Kang, Miliann,; Lee, S. Heijin,; Leshkowich, Ann Marie,; Moon, Christina H.,; Pham, Minh- Ha T.,; Raymundo, Emily,; Tu, Linh Nguyen,; Tu, Thuy Linh Nguyen,
• HerausgeberIn: Lee, S. Heijin,; Moon, Christina H.,; Tu, Thuy Linh Nguyen,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 15 black and white illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; Introduction --; 1. White Like Koreans: The Skin of the New Vietnam --; 2. China: Through the Looking Glass: Race, Property, and the Possessive Investment in White Feelings --; 3. Beauty between Empires: Global Feminisms, Plastic Surgery, and the Trouble with Self- Esteem --; 4. Beauty Regimens, Beauty Regimes: Korean Beauty on YouTube --; 5. Fashioning the Field in Vietnam: An Intersectional Tale of Clothing, Femininities, and the Pedagogy of Appropriateness --; 6. Splitting the Seams: Transnational Feminism and the Manila- Toronto Production of Filipino Couture --; 7. Manicures as Transnational Body Labor --; 8. “Little Freedoms”: Immigrant Labor and the Politics of “Fast Fashion” after Rana Plaza --; 9. Cartographic Imaginaries of Fast Fashion in Guangzhou, China --; 10. Times, Tempos, and the Rhythm of Fast Fashion in Los Angeles and Seoul --; Acknowledgments --; About the Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479861736; 9783110722727
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479892150.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Christina H. Moon, S. Heijin Lee, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu.

How transnational modernity is taking shape in and in relation to AsiaFashion 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.