02429nam 2200577 450 991081787610332120230126213507.00-7391-9263-9(CKB)3710000000485510(EBL)4085758(SSID)ssj0001555587(PQKBManifestationID)16180391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001555587(PQKBWorkID)12677814(PQKB)10901276(MiAaPQ)EBC4085758(EXLCZ)99371000000048551020150724h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe libidinal economy of China gender, nationalism, and consumer culture /Perry JohanssonLanham [Maryland] :Lexington Books,[2015]©20151 online resource (153 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-9262-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: consumer culture, nationalism, and the beauty of woman -- Femininity after Mao -- Repatriation of difference -- Fashion anxiety -- Breasts, modernity, and white skin -- To love a Western woman -- The sexual geopolitics of "China" -- Conclusion: the gaze of the other.This book describes, from a psychoanalytical point of view, the desires and anxieties of contemporary Chinese nationalism as it evolved after the 1989 student protests and crackdown. The author also unwraps China's convoluted relationship with its Occidental Other, describing how the Western gaze plays an essential part in forming China's self-image.Consumption (Economics)Social aspectsChinaHistoryConsumersChinaHistorySexChinaHistorySex roleChinaHistoryFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)ChinaHistoryConsumption (Economics)Social aspectsHistory.ConsumersHistory.SexHistory.Sex roleHistory.Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)History.306.30951Vig Perry Johansson1963-1701401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817876103321The libidinal economy of China4085106UNINA