The stories clothes tell voices of working-class Japan

"This compelling social history tells the stories of ordinary people in modern Japan. Tatsuichi Horikiri spent a lifetime searching out old items of clothing and oral history accounts to shed light on those who used these items. He reveals not only the often desperate lives of these people, he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Horikiri, Tatsuichi 1925- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Wagoner, Rieko (editor,translator.)
Resource Type: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Japanese
Publicado: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield 2016.
Colección:Asian voices : a subseries of Asia/Pacific/perspectives
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Notes to the Reader: Era Designation and Timeline
  • Map
  • Kasuri Mattress Cover from Home
  • Koshimaki petticoat of 83 patches
  • Echigo-jishi Costume for Boy Dancer
  • How Many Diapers?
  • Two Hanten Field Jackets
  • Okiboda, the Pride of Women
  • My Teacher's Sunday Best
  • A Weighty Quilt
  • Life with a Mosquito Net
  • A Bed of Wood Shavings
  • The Meisen the Girl Could Not Wear
  • Dead Horse
  • Female Coal Miners
  • Aunties and Uncles
  • Rich and Poor
  • A Begging Girl
  • Noble-minded Ladies
  • A Gown of Leaves for the Dead
  • Katatsuke-gasuri
  • A Lady in a Dilapidated Mansion
  • Female Workers in Textile Mills
  • Forbidden Tears
  • The Thousand-stitch Waistband
  • The Rising Sun Kimono That She Wore
  • Gifts from My Mother
  • Akemi's Song
  • Military Uniforms and Shoes
  • What Mompe Trousers Symbolized
  • A White Chima Jeogori
  • Sarasa Print Bed Quilt
  • Hanten Story
  • Afterword
  • Clothing Term Glossary.