The Golden Key : Modern Women Artists and Gender Negotiations in Republican China (1911-1949).
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture Series ; v.7 .
- Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture Series .
Intro -- The Golden Key: Modern Women Artists and Gender Negotiations in Republican China (1911-1949) -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: THE GOLDEN KEY OF ART -- 1 A BEACON IN THE DISTANCE -- 2 BY ANY OTHER NAME -- 3 NUDE AMBITION -- 4 EMBATTLED CAREERS -- CONCLUSION: UNDER THE POWER OF THE TIMES -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.
The first monograph devoted to women artists of the Republican period, The Golden Key recovers the history of a groundbreaking yet forgotten generation and demonstrates that women were integral to the development of modern Chinese art.