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History in images : pictures and public space in modern China / edited by Christian Henriot and Wen-hsin Yeh.

Van Pelt Library DS773.94 .H47 2012
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Henriot, Christian.
Yeh, Wen-Hsin.
Series:
China research monographs ; no. 66.
China research monographs
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
City and town life.
History.
Popular culture.
Visual communication.
Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Documentary photography.
Historiography and photography.
Historiography.
China--History--20th century--Historiography.
China.
Historiography and photography--China--History--20th century.
China--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Documentary photography--China--History--20th century.
Documentary films--China--History--20th century.
Motion pictures--China--History--20th century.
Motion pictures.
China--Social conditions--20th century.
Visual communication--China--History--20th century.
Popular culture--China--History--20th century.
City and town life--China--History--20th century.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:
277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, [2012]
Summary:
"The astounding visual record left by photographers and filmmakers of modern China constitutes a massive archive that awaits incorporation into historical research on China. This volume's studies by multiple contributors offer potential paths for revising practices in historical inquiry and examine how modern Chinese society expressed itself in visual culture"--Provided by publisher
Contents:
Wartime Shanghai Refugees : Chaos, Exclusion, and Indignity : Do Images Make up for the Absence of Memory? / by Christian Henriot
Sha Fei, the Jin-Cha-Ji Pictorial, and the Documentary Style of Chinese Wartime Photojournalism / by Shana J. Brown
China, a Man in the Guise of an Upright Female : Photography, the Art of the Hands, and Mei Lanfang's 1930 Visit to the United States / by Catherine Yeh
The Sound of Images : Peddlers' Calls and Tunes in Republican Peking / by Feng Yi
Never-Ending Controversies : The Case of Chun jiang yi hen and Occupation-Era Chinese Filmmaking / by Paul G. Pickowicz
"The Enemy Is Coming" : The 28 January 1932 Attack on Shanghai in Chinese Cinema / by Anne Kerlan
Two Stars on the Silver Screen : The Metafilm as Chinese Modern / by Kristine Harris
Alternative History, Alternative Memory : Cinematic Representation of the Three Gorges in the Shadow of the Dam / by Sheldon H. Lu.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781557291011
1557291012
OCLC:
783520785

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