Title Liangyou : kaleidoscopic modernity and the Shanghai global metropolis, 1926-1945 / edited by Paul G. Pickowicz, Kuiyi Shen, Yingjin Zhang ; contributors, Emily Baum [and thirteen others]

Published Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series Modern Asian and Visual Culture ; Volume 1 Modern Asian art and visual culture ; Volume 1. Contents Part I. Designing modernity -- Part II. Embodying the modern -- Part III. Negotiating genders -- Part IV. Modernizing tradition Summary "This collection of original essays explores the rise of popular print media in China as it relates to the quest for modernity in the global metropolis of Shanghai from 1926 to 1945. It does this by offering the first extended look at the phenomenal influence of the Liangyou pictorial, 'The Young Companion', arguably the most exciting monthly periodical ever published in China. Special emphasis is placed on the profound social and cultural impact of this glittering publication at a pivotal time in China. The essays explore the dynamic concept of "kaleidoscopic modernity" and offer individual case studies on the rise of "art" photography, the appeals of slick patent medicines, the resilience of female artists, the allure of aviation celebrities, the feistiness of women athletes, representations of modern masculinity, efforts to regulate the female body and female sexuality, and innovative research that locates the stunning impact of Liangyou in the broader context of related cultural developments in Tokyo and Seoul."--Jacket Notes Restrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 10, 2015) SUBJECT Liang you. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003024558 Liang you fast Subject Illustrated periodicals -- China -- Shanghai Art and photography -- China -- Shanghai HISTORY -- Asia -- General. Social conditions Manners and customs Illustrated periodicals Art and photography Mass media Bildpublizistik Druckmedien Moderne Media Studies. SUBJECT Shanghai (China) -- In mass media Shanghai (China) -- In popular culture Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works Shanghai (China) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Pictorial works Subject China -- Shanghai Schanghai Genre/Form Pictorial works Form Electronic book Author Pickowicz, Paul, editor Shen, Kuiyi, editor Zhang, Yingjin, editor Baum, Emily, contributor ISBN 9789004263383 9004263381

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