Liangyou, Kaleidoscopic Modernity and the Shanghai Global Metropolis, 1926-1945

Author:   Paul Pickowicz ,  Kuiyi SHEN ,  Yingjin ZHANG
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   1
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9789004245341


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 November 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Paul Pickowicz ,  Kuiyi SHEN ,  Yingjin ZHANG
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 19.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.70cm
Weight:   1.174kg
ISBN:  

9789004245341


ISBN 10:   9004245340
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 November 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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I. Designing Modernity 1.Kaleidoscopic Modernisms: Montage Aesthetics in Shanghai and Tokyo Pictorials of the 1920s and 1930s Paul W. Ricketts 2. Re-framing the Ordinary: The Place and Time of Art Photography in Liangyou, 1926-1930 Timothy J. Shea II. Embodying the Modern 3. Health by the Bottle: The Dr. Williams' Medicine Company and the Commodification of Well-Being in Liangyou Emily Baum 4. The Modern Girl in Motion: Women and Sports in Liangyou Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 5. Producing Norms, Defining Beauty: The Role of Science in the Regulation of the Female Body and Sexuality in Liangyou and Furen Huabao Jun Lei III. Negotiating Genders 6. Stars in the Nation's Skies: The Ascent and Trajectory of the Chinese Aviation Celebrity in the Prewar Decade Amy O'Keefe 7. Pillar of the Nation: Photographic Representation of Modern Chinese Masculinity in Liangyou Hongjian Wang 8. Searching for the Modern Wife in Prewar Shanghai and Seoul Pictorials Ha Yoon Jung IV. Modernizing Tradition 9. Blossoming beyond the Pages: Female Painterly Modernities in Liangyou Lesley W. Ma 10. From Painter to Artist: Representing Guohua Paintings and Painters in Liangyou, 1926-1938 Tongyun Yin Appendix: Distributing Liangyou Wang Chuchu

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Paul G. Pickowicz, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, is Distinguished Professor of History and Chinese Studies at the University of California, San Diego, and inaugural holder of the UC San Diego Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History. His recent books include China on the Margins (Cornell, 2010), Radicalism, Revolution, and Reform in Modern China (Lexington, 2011), and China on Film (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012). Kuiyi Shen, Ph.D. (1993), Ohio State University, is Professor of Visual Arts and Director of the Program in Chinese Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His recent books include Blooming in the Shadows (China Institute, New York, 2011), The Art of Modern China (California, 2012), and Light before Dawn (Hong Kong, 2013). Yingjin Zhang, Ph.D. (1992), Stanford University, is Professor of Literature at University of California, San Diego, and Visiting Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. His recent books include Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China (Hawaii, 2010), Chinese Film Stars (Routledge, 2010), and A Companion to Chinese Cinema (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).

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