Citizens of Beauty : Drawing Democratic Dreams in Republican China /

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"Through drawings of beautiful women published in popular media, Citizens of Beauty introduces readers to the dramatically changing Chinese social world at the turn of the twentieth century. China's most famous commercial artists promoted their sketches of idealized women through journals,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edwards, Louise P. (auteur.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women and democracy > China.
One Hundred Beauties in art.
Femmes dans les medias.
Femmes dans l'art.
Women in mass media.
Women in art.
Livres numeriques.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Liberating the female hand
  • A modern-footed person claiming public space
  • Weathering the elements, experiencing the new nation's geography
  • One wife for one husband, one mother for the children
  • From Confucian virtueto a new democratic morality
  • New consumers, new audiences

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