| Description |
1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 virtue to a new democratic morality -- New consumers, new audiences |
| Summary |
"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, newspapers, and distinct compendia called One Hundred Illustrated Beauties. The genre drew upon a centuries-old tradition in which publishers produced illustrated books of beauties and virtuous women that were steeped in traditions of morality, desirability, and literary cultivation. By comparing illustrations produced in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Citizens of Beauty reveals the shifts in foundational values organizing Chinese society that would bring forth the democratic citizenry of the Republic. Modern beauties were freed of Confucian moral constraints and even "good women" forged productive, independent lives that included careers. Changes in the Illustrated Beauties genre reveal how ordinary readers of books and newspapers were able to imagine these social transformations. Citizens of Beauty is the first book to explore the One Hundred Beauties illustrations as a tool for comparing social ideals during the shift from imperial to Republican times and to show how images of women expressed ordinary people's desire for democratic, technological modernity. The book contextualizes the social and political significance of the aestheticized female body through its comparison of images from one genre as it underwent rapid and radical change"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women in art.
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Women in art. |
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Women in mass media.
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Women in mass media. |
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Women and democracy -- China.
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Women and democracy. |
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China. |
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One Hundred Beauties in art.
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One Hundred Beauties in art. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Edwards, Louise P. Citizens of beauty. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020] 9780295747026 (DLC) 2019034411 (OCoLC)1129144173 |
| ISBN |
9780295747033 electronic book |
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029574703X electronic book |
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9780295747026 hardcover |
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0295747021 hardcover |
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9780295747019 paperback |
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0295747013 paperback |
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