"'Make Lisle the Style': The Politics of Fashion in the Japanese Silk Boycott, 1937-1940".Lawrence B. Glickman, "'Make Lisle lisle n. 1. A fine, smooth, tightly twisted thread spun from long-stapled cotton. 2. Fabric knitted of this thread, used especially for hosiery and underwear. the Style': The Politics of Fashion in the Japanese Silk Boycott, 1937-1940" This article examines debates about the merits of a boycott of Japanese products, especially silk, in the late 1930s as a lens through which to examine the relationship between consumer activism and consumer society in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . It argues that both supporters and opponents of the silk boycott, in promoting a politics that was both virtuous and pleasurable, marked a departure from the dominant tradition of consumer activism before and since, which has defined virtue and fashion as opposing forces Those forces used in an enemy role during NATO exercises. See also force(s). . As the article shows, the silk boycotters (and their opponents) took fashion and pleasure seriously and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. their campaigns in popular culture. |
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