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Fiery red calligraphy on shiny black bags --The Orient Expressed at Jordan Marsh...
Just as Bo Derek did not discover the corn row, Jordan Marsh did not discover Chinese quilted jackets. For most Americans this year, however, awareness of Asian culture will come from images that have been projected by the white-male-defined entertainment and business industries. At best, these images are exotic and fanciful. At worst, they are degrading and dangerous...
None of these productions involved Asians in their script-writing, direction, or major roles. As in the exotic creations of Jordan Marsh and Bloomingdales, images of Asian peoples and cultures are being invented, manipulated, and presented by non-Asians for their own profit and entertainment. Thus, the Suzie Wong stereotype of Asian women as prostitutes is being exploited by the fashion industry into seductive Oriental silk evening wear...
Area merchants said yesterday they feared the service shutdown would badly damage Christmas sales. All major Boston department stores confirmed last night that they would be open even if the service halt continued. "We can't afford not to be," an official of the Jordan Marsh department store said...
...country into Communism or racial chaos. Instead, the sternly ascetic Mugabe, 56, has preached a policy of national reconciliation and cautious gradualism in economic adjustment. In his sparsely decorated office in downtown Salisbury last week, Mugabe discussed his government's progress and goals with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief Marsh Clark. Excerpts...