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History in images : pictures and public space in modern China

Title
History in images : pictures and public space in modern China / edited by Christian Henriot and Wen-hsin Yeh.
Publication
Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, c2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Henriot, Christian.
  • Yeh, Wen-Hsin.
Description
277 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"The astounding visual record left by photographers and filmmakers of modern China constitutes a massive archive that awaits incorporation into historical research on China. This volume's studies by multiple contributors offer potential paths for revising practices in historical inquiry and examine how modern Chinese society expressed itself in visual culture"--Provided by publisher
Series Statement
China research monograph ; 66
Uniform Title
China research monographs ; no. 66.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Wartime Shanghai Refugees : Chaos, Exclusion, and Indignity : Do Images Make up for the Absence of Memory? / by Christian Henriot -- Sha Fei, the Jin-Cha-Ji Pictorial, and the Documentary Style of Chinese Wartime Photojournalism / by Shana J. Brown -- China, a Man in the Guise of an Upright Female : Photography, the Art of the Hands, and Mei Lanfang's 1930 Visit to the United States / by Catherine Yeh -- The Sound of Images : Peddlers' Calls and Tunes in Republican Peking / by Feng Yi -- Never-Ending Controversies : The Case of Chun jiang yi hen and Occupation-Era Chinese Filmmaking / by Paul G. Pickowicz -- "The Enemy Is Coming" : The 28 January 1932 Attack on Shanghai in Chinese Cinema / by Anne Kerlan -- Two Stars on the Silver Screen : The Metafilm as Chinese Modern / by Kristine Harris -- Alternative History, Alternative Memory : Cinematic Representation of the Three Gorges in the Shadow of the Dam / by Sheldon H. Lu.
Call Number
MFW 13-1100
ISBN
  • 9781557291011 (pbk.)
  • 1557291012 (pbk.)
LCCN
2012010528
OCLC
783520785
Title
History in images : pictures and public space in modern China / edited by Christian Henriot and Wen-hsin Yeh.
Imprint
Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, c2012.
Series
China research monograph ; 66
China research monographs ; no. 66.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Henriot, Christian.
Yeh, Wen-Hsin.
Research Call Number
MFW 13-1100
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