Manhua Modernity : Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn / / John A. Crespi

• Autore: Crespi John A.
• Pubblicazione: University of California Press, 2020; Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 741.5/6951
• Soggetto topico: Caricature - Political aspects - China - 20th century; Caricature - China - History - 20th century; Caricatures and cartoons - China - History - 20th century; Communism and culture - China - History - 20th century; Political culture - China - History - 20th century; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
• Soggetto non controllato: Social Science; Media Studies; Art; Asian; Chinese; Performing Arts; Film; History & Criticism
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Manhua, Magazines, Modernity -- 1. Shanghai Sketch and the Illustrated City -- 2. War, Rites of Passage, and Resistance Sketch -- 3. Zhang Guangyu and the Pictorial Imagination of Manhua Journey to the West -- 4. Propaganda and the Pictorial: Manhua yuekan, 1950–1960 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. From fashion sketches of smartly dressed Shanghai dandies in the 1920s, to multipanel drawings of refugee urbanites during the war against Japan, to panoramic pictures of anti-American propaganda rallies in the early 1950s, the polymorphic cartoon-style art known as manhua helped define China’s modern experience. Manhua Modernity offers a richly illustrated, deeply contextualized analysis of these illustrations across the lively pages of popular pictorial magazines that entertained, informed, and mobilized a nation through a half century of political and cultural transformation. In this compelling media history, John Crespi argues that manhua must be understood in the context of the pictorial magazines that hosted them, and in turn these magazines must be seen as important mediators of the modern urban experience. Even as times changed—from interwar-era consumerism to war-time mobilization to Mao-style propaganda—the art form adapted to stay on the cutting edge of both politics and style.
• Titolo autorizzato: Manhua Modernity
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996398647603316
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