02824nam 2200529Ia 450 991046308530332120200520144314.01-283-94068-X1-4422-1895-9(CKB)2670000000329170(EBL)1108263(MiAaPQ)EBC1108263(PPN)183909550(Au-PeEL)EBL1108263(CaPaEBR)ebr10643312(CaONFJC)MIL425318(OCoLC)824351053(EXLCZ)99267000000032917020120810d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||The search for the beautiful woman[electronic resource] a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty /Cho Kyo ; translated by Kyoko SeldenLanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.c20121 online resource (303 p.)Asia/Pacific/perspectivesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-1893-2 1-4422-1894-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279) and index.Contents; Translator's Note; Preface to the English Edition; Prologue; 1 : Favored Appearances; 2 : Feared Beauties; 3 : The Rhetoric of Representation; 4 : Beauty as a Construct; 5 : Beauties in Chinese Verse and Prose, Beauties in Japanese Literature; 6 : Resonance of Aesthetic Views; 7 : Edo Culture as a Filter; 8 : Until Naomi Was Born; Epilogue; Afterword; Glossary of Selected Chinese and Japanese Names, Titles, and Terms; Selected Bibliography; IndexFor centuries, Japanese culture, including ideals of feminine beauty, was profoundly shaped by China. In this first full comparative history on the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of beauty in China and Japan, ranging from plumpness to bound feet to blackened teeth. Drawing on a rich array of sources gathered over a decade of research, he considers which Chinese representations were rejected or accepted and transformed in Japan. He then traces the introduction of Western aesthetics into Japan starting in the Meiji era, leading to slowly developing but radical changes in the represAsia/Pacific/PerspectivesFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)JapanHistoryFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)ChinaHistoryElectronic books.Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)History.Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)History.305.40952Chō Kyō1953-906544Selden Kyoko Iriye1936-2013.906545MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463085303321The search for the beautiful woman2027562UNINA