Title 'Intoxicating Shanghai' -- an urban montage : art and literature in pictorial magazines during Shanghai's Jazz Age / by Paul Bevan

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 421 pages) : illustrations Series China studies, 1570-1344 ; volume 41 China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 41. Contents Literature and the pictorial magazine -- Art and the pictorial magazine -- Politics, art and the pictorial magazine -- Two critiques by Lu Xun -- 'The year of the magazine', 1934 -- Manhua artists and the pictorial magazine-Guo Jianying, Huang Miaozi and Ye Qianyu -- Cinema, literature and the pictorial magazine, 1934 -- Jazz and popular music in Shanghai's dancehalls Summary "In Intoxicating Shanghai Paul Bevan explores the work of a number of Chinese modernist figures in the fields of literature and the visual arts, with an emphasis on the literary group the New-sensationists and its equivalents in the Shanghai art world, examining the work of these figures as it appeared in pictorial magazines. It undertakes a detailed examination into the significance of the pictorial magazine as a medium for the dissemination of literature and art during the 1930s. The research locates the work of these artists and writers within the context of wider literary and art production in Shanghai, focusing on art, literature, cinema, music, and dancehall culture, with a specific emphasis on 1934 - 'The Year of the Magazine'"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 29, 2020) Subject Arts, Chinese -- China -- Shanghai -- 20th century Arts, Chinese -- China -- Shanghai -- Periodicals Chinese periodicals -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century Illustrated periodicals -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century Art publishing -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century Art publishing Arts, Chinese Arts, Chinese -- Periodicals Chinese periodicals Illustrated periodicals China -- Shanghai Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020005060 ISBN 9789004428737 9004428739

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