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The cult of happiness : nianhua, art, and history in rural north China / James A. Flath.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flath, James A.
- Series:
- Contemporary Chinese studies.
- Contemporary Chinese studies
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wood-engraving, Chinese--19th century.
- Wood-engraving, Chinese.
- Wood-engraving, Chinese--20th century.
- Narrative art--China.
- Narrative art.
- Art and society--China.
- Art and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- Glossary and bibliographical references in English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- The Cult of Happiness is among the first studies in any field to treat folk art and folk print as historical text. As such, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars in Asian studies, history, art history, folklore and print, as well as anyone having a passion for the creativity and culture of rural society.
- Contents:
- The production of print culture in north China
- Home and domesticity
- State and society
- Retelling history through the narrative print
- Rural print and the cosmopolitan mystique
- The politics of the popular
- Exorcising modernity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-13103-X
- 9786613131034
- 0-7748-5091-4
- OCLC:
- 180704536
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