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Analyzes the multiple and complex ways in which urban Chinese subjects saw themselves interacting with the new visual culture that emerged during the turbulent period between the 1880s and the 1930s. This work examines the media and visual forms, including lithography, photography, advertising, film, and theatrical performances.

The Distorting Mirror Visual Modernity in China

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      Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
      Published 10/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780824830939
      978-0824830939
      ISBN-10 0824830938
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      Photography and photographs Prints and printmaking Media studies

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      Book Synopsis
      Analyzes the multiple and complex ways in which urban Chinese subjects saw themselves interacting with the new visual culture that emerged during the turbulent period between the 1880s and the 1930s. This work examines the media and visual forms, including lithography, photography, advertising, film, and theatrical performances.

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