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UNINA9910812711103321 |
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Autore |
Metrick-Chen Lenore |
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Titolo |
Collecting objects/excluding people : Chinese subjects and American visual culture, 1830-1900 / / Lenore Metrick-Chen |
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Albany [N.Y.], : State University of New York Press, 2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Art, Chinese - Collectors and collecting - United States |
Art museums - Social aspects - United States |
Art and race |
China Foreign public opinion, American History 19th century |
China Foreign public opinion, American History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-264) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Politics of Chinoiserie -- The Power of Inaction -- From Class to Race -- The Chinese of the American Imagination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Name Index -- subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Collecting Objects / Excluding People, Lenore Metrick-Chen demonstrates 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 shows 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. |
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