03252nam 2200649Ia 450 991081271110332120200520144314.01-4384-4327-7(CKB)2670000000278411(OCoLC)817565636(CaPaEBR)ebrary10622366(SSID)ssj0000755306(PQKBManifestationID)11454046(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755306(PQKBWorkID)10729985(PQKB)11385218(MiAaPQ)EBC3408668(MdBmJHUP)muse18652(Au-PeEL)EBL3408668(CaPaEBR)ebr10622366(OCoLC)923418577(DE-B1597)683899(DE-B1597)9781438443270(EXLCZ)99267000000027841120110909d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCollecting objects/excluding people Chinese subjects and American visual culture, 1830-1900 /Lenore Metrick-Chen1st ed.Albany [N.Y.] State University of New York Press20121 online resource (296 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-4325-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-264) and indexes.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 IndexIn 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.Chinese subjects and American visual culture, 1830-1900Art, ChineseCollectors and collectingUnited StatesArt museumsSocial aspectsUnited StatesArt and raceChinaForeign public opinion, AmericanHistory19th centuryChinaForeign public opinion, AmericanHistory20th centuryArt, ChineseCollectors and collectingArt museumsSocial aspectsArt and race.709.51/0973Metrick-Chen Lenore1717709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812711103321Collecting objects4114158UNINA