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The Cult of Happiness : Nianhua, Art, and History in Rural North China.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Chinese StudiesPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (232 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774850919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Cult of HappinessDDC classification:
  • 769/.49951/09034
LOC classification:
  • NE1183.25 -- .F57 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Production of Print Culture in North China -- 2 Home and Domesticity -- 3 State and Society -- 4 Retelling History through the Narrative Print -- 5 Rural Print and the Cosmopolitan Mystique -- 6 The Politics of the Popular -- 7 Exorcising Modernity -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: The Cult of Happiness is among the first studies in any field to treat folk art and folk print as historical text. As such, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars in Asian studies, history, art history, folklore and print, as well as anyone having a passion for the creativity and culture of rural society.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Production of Print Culture in North China -- 2 Home and Domesticity -- 3 State and Society -- 4 Retelling History through the Narrative Print -- 5 Rural Print and the Cosmopolitan Mystique -- 6 The Politics of the Popular -- 7 Exorcising Modernity -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

The Cult of Happiness is among the first studies in any field to treat folk art and folk print as historical text. As such, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars in Asian studies, history, art history, folklore and print, as well as anyone having a passion for the creativity and culture of rural society.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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