CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Lin, Leiyi |
|---|---|
| Title | The Revival of Hanfu: the Rise and Fall of A Cultural Movement |
| Summary | In recent years, many Chinese “time travelers” appeared in Chinese gardens, palaces, temples, and historic riverine towns with silky gowns from ancient China. The costumes on their bodies are called Hanfu, an ethnic costume for the Han people in China. Despite its current popularity, Hanfu has only been back in front of the public for more than a decade. In the early 21st century, some Hanfu enthusiasts launched a cultural movement to revive Hanfu and Han culture. In the short history of the Hanfu revival, the practitioners have met with various problems: the void of authentic Hanfu, the civil war between different camps of Hanfu practitioners, and the wave of commercialization. Inspired by the social movement framework, this thesis will provide an overview of the Hanfu revival. The significant finding in this thesis is, although the Hanfu revival started as a movement articulating the cultural discontent of the Han people, it has been captured by consumerism in recent years. It is experiencing a shift from a cultural movement to a collection of individualistic displays of fashioned culture. |
| Supervisor | Kowalski, Alexandra; Sopranzetti, Claudio |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/lin_leiyi.pdf |
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