Republican lens : gender, visuality, and experience in the early Chinese periodical press / Joan Judge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Judge, Joan, 1958- author.

Series:

Asia--local studies/global themes ; 30.

Asia: Local Studies/Global Themes ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Periodicals--Publishing.

History.

Women.

Social conditions.

China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.

China.

China--Social conditions--1912-1949.

Women--China--Social conditions--20th century.

Periodicals--Publishing--China--History--20th century.

Periodicals.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]

Summary:

"The early Republican (1911-1921) Chinese public looked, read, and interacted in profoundly different ways from its late imperial predecessor. While current scholarly has labeled the 1911 Revolution a virtual 'non-event' and the early Republic a political failure, the micro-historical view offered by the Chinese periodical press presents a much different perspective. Reversing orthodox academic practice, this book considers the realm of high politics as ephemeral and the institutions, associations, and practices of the reading and viewing public as the site of enduring and historical significance. The book centers on a selection of extraordinary photographic portraits taken from the periodical Funü shibao, one of the few journals to straddle the 1911 divide and remain in print through the early Republican period"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Republican lens

Text and method

Republican ladies

Everyday experience

Public bodies

Practical talent

Liminal sexualities

Conclusion : aerial aspirations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520284364

0520284364

OCLC:

899949581