TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flath,James A.
TI  - The Cult of Happiness: Nianhua, Art, and History in Rural North China
T2  - Contemporary Chinese Studies
SN  - 9780774850919
AV  - NE1183.25 -- .F57 2004eb 
U1  - 769/.49951/09034 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Vancouver
PB  - University of British Columbia Press
KW  - Wood-engraving, Chinese -- 19th century
KW  - Wood-engraving, Chinese -- 20th century
KW  - Narrative art -- China
KW  - Art and society -- China
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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ER  -