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Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn

John A. Crespi

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Description:A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. From fashion sketches of smartly dressed Shanghai dandies in the 1920s, to multipanel drawings of refugee urbanites during the war against Japan, to panoramic pictures of anti-American propaganda rallies in the early 1950s, the polymorphic cartoon-style art known as manhua helped define China's modern experience. Manhua Modernity offers a richly illustrated, deeply contextualized analysis of these illustrations across the lively pages of popular pictorial magazines that entertained, informed, and mobilized a nation through a half century of political and cultural transformation. In this compelling media history, John Crespi argues that manhua must be understood in the context of the pictorial magazines that hosted them, and in turn these magazines must be seen as important mediators of the modern urban experience. Even as times changed--from interwar-era consumerism to war-time mobilization to Mao-style propaganda--the art form adapted to stay on the cutting edge of both politics and style.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn. To get started finding Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. From fashion sketches of smartly dressed Shanghai dandies in the 1920s, to multipanel drawings of refugee urbanites during the war against Japan, to panoramic pictures of anti-American propaganda rallies in the early 1950s, the polymorphic cartoon-style art known as manhua helped define China's modern experience. Manhua Modernity offers a richly illustrated, deeply contextualized analysis of these illustrations across the lively pages of popular pictorial magazines that entertained, informed, and mobilized a nation through a half century of political and cultural transformation. In this compelling media history, John Crespi argues that manhua must be understood in the context of the pictorial magazines that hosted them, and in turn these magazines must be seen as important mediators of the modern urban experience. Even as times changed--from interwar-era consumerism to war-time mobilization to Mao-style propaganda--the art form adapted to stay on the cutting edge of both politics and style.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn. To get started finding Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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