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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463975503321

Titolo

Liangyou : kaleidoscopic modernity and the Shanghai global metropolis, 1926-1945 / / edited by Paul G. Pickowicz, Kuiyi Shen, Yingjin Zhang ; contributors, Emily Baum [and thirteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

90-04-26338-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Modern Asian and Visual Culture ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

059.951

Soggetti

Illustrated periodicals - China - Shanghai

Art and photography - China - Shanghai

Electronic books.

Shanghai (China) In mass media

Shanghai (China) In popular culture

Shanghai (China) Social life and customs 20th century Pictorial works

Shanghai (China) Social conditions 20th century Pictorial works

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliiographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Designing modernity -- Part II. Embodying the modern -- Part III. Negotiating genders -- Part IV. Modernizing tradition.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original essays explores the rise of popular print media in China as it relates to the quest for modernity in the global metropolis of Shanghai from 1926 to 1945. It does this by offering the first extended look at the phenomenal influence of the Liangyou pictorial, The Young Companion , arguably the most exciting monthly periodical ever published in China. Special emphasis is placed on the profound social and cultural impact of this glittering publication at a pivotal time in China. The essays explore the dynamic concept of \'kaleidoscopic modernity\' and offer individual case studies on the rise of \'art\' photography, the appeals of slick patent medicines, the resilience of female artists, the allure of aviation celebrities, the feistiness of women athletes, representations of modern masculinity, efforts to regulate the female body and female sexuality, and innovative



research that locates the stunning impact of Liangyou in the broader context of related cultural developments in Tokyo and Seoul. Contributors include: Paul W. Ricketts, Timothy J. Shea, Emily Baum, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, Jun Lei, Amy O'Keefe, Hongjian Wang, Ha Yoon Jung, Lesley W. Ma, Tongyun Yin, and Wang Chuchu.