| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Politics of Chinoiserie: The Disappearance of Chinese Objects -- The Power of Inaction: Chinese Objects and the Transformation of the American Definition of Art -- From Class to Race: The New York Times Reconstructs "Chinese" -- The Chinese of the American Imagination: Nineteenth-century Trade Card Images -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Combining aesthetic and political history, explores the influence of Chinese people and objects on American visual culture. In Collecting Objects / Excluding People, Lenore Metrick-Chen demonstrations an unknown impact of Chinese immigration upon nineteenth-century American art and visual culture. The American ideas of "Chineseness" ranged from a negative portrayal to an admiring one and these varied images had an effect on museum art collections and advertising images. They brought new ideas into American art theory, anticipating twentieth-century Modernism. Metrick-Chen demonstrates that efforts to construct a cultural democracy led to the creation of unforeseen new categories for visual objects and unanticipated social changes. Collecting Objects / Excluding People reveals the power of images upon culture, the influence of media representation upon the lives of Chinese immigrants, and the impact of political ideology upon the definition of art itself."--Project Muse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art, Chinese -- Collectors and collecting -- United States.
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Art, Chinese -- Collectors and collecting. |
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United States. |
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Art, Chinese. |
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Art museums -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Art museums -- Social aspects. |
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Art museums. |
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Art and race.
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Art and race. |
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China -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History -- 19th century.
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China. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
China -- Foreign public opinion, American -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Chinese subjects and American visual culture, 1830-1900 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781438443256 1438443250 (DLC) 2011037741 |
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Print version: Metrick-Chen, Lenore. Collecting objects/excluding people. Albany [N.Y.] : State University of New York Press, 2012 9781438443256 (DLC) 2011037741 (OCoLC)752472531 |
| ISBN |
1438443277 (electronic book) |
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9781438443270 (electronic book) |
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9781438443256 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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1438443250 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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