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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
      Publication Date: 10/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824830939, 978-0824830939
      ISBN10: 0824830938
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      Photography and photographs Prints and printmaking Media studies

      Description

      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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