Liangyou : Kaleidoscopic modernity and the Shanghai global metropolis, 1926-1945

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Liangyou : Kaleidoscopic modernity and the Shanghai global metropolis, 1926-1945

edited by Paul G. Pickowicz, Kuiyi Shen and Yingjin Zhang

(Modern Asian art and visual culture, v. 1)

Brill, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This collection of original essays explores the rise of popular print media in China as it relates to the quest for modernity in the global metropolis of Shanghai from 1926 to 1945. It does this by offering the first extended look at the phenomenal influence of the Liangyou pictorial, The Young Companion, arguably the most exciting monthly periodical ever published in China. Special emphasis is placed on the profound social and cultural impact of this glittering publication at a pivotal time in China. The essays explore the dynamic concept of "kaleidoscopic modernity" and offer individual case studies on the rise of "art" photography, the appeals of slick patent medicines, the resilience of female artists, the allure of aviation celebrities, the feistiness of women athletes, representations of modern masculinity, efforts to regulate the female body and female sexuality, and innovative research that locates the stunning impact of Liangyou in the broader context of related cultural developments in Tokyo and Seoul. Contributors include: Paul W. Ricketts, Timothy J. Shea, Emily Baum, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, Jun Lei, Amy O'Keefe, Hongjian Wang, Ha Yoon Jung, Lesley W. Ma, Tongyun Yin, and Wang Chuchu.

Table of Contents

I. Designing Modernity 1.Kaleidoscopic Modernisms: Montage Aesthetics in Shanghai and Tokyo Pictorials of the 1920s and 1930s Paul W. Ricketts 2. Re-framing the Ordinary: The Place and Time of "Art Photography" in Liangyou, 1926-1930 Timothy J. Shea II. Embodying the Modern 3. Health by the Bottle: The Dr. Williams' Medicine Company and the Commodification of Well-Being in Liangyou Emily Baum 4. The Modern Girl in Motion: Women and Sports in Liangyou Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 5. Producing Norms, Defining Beauty: The Role of Science in the Regulation of the Female Body and Sexuality in Liangyou and Furen Huabao Jun Lei III. Negotiating Genders 6. Stars in the Nation's Skies: The Ascent and Trajectory of the Chinese Aviation Celebrity in the Prewar Decade Amy O'Keefe 7. Pillar of the Nation: Photographic Representation of "Modern" Chinese Masculinity in Liangyou Hongjian Wang 8. Searching for the "Modern Wife" in Prewar Shanghai and Seoul Pictorials Ha Yoon Jung IV. Modernizing Tradition 9. Blossoming beyond the Pages: Female Painterly Modernities in Liangyou Lesley W. Ma 10. From Painter to Artist: Representing Guohua Paintings and Painters in Liangyou, 1926-1938 Tongyun Yin Appendix: Distributing Liangyou Wang Chuchu

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