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The search for the beautiful woman : a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty /
For centuries, Japanese culture, including ideals of feminine beauty, was profoundly shaped by China. In this first full comparative history on the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of beauty in China and Japan, ranging from plumpness to bound feet to blackened teeth. Drawing on a rich ar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Japonés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
2012.
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| Colección: | Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The search for the beautiful woman
- Favored appearances
- Feared beauties
- The rhetoric of representation
- Beauty as a construct
- Beautiful women in Chinese verse and prose, beautiful women in Japanese literature
- Symphony of aesthetics
- Edo culture as a filter
- Toward the birth of Naomi
- Epilogue: The future of beauty.