Crespi, John A., author.

Manhua modernity : Chinese culture and the pictorial turn / John A. Crespi.

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
©2020

xiv, 197 pages : illustrations ( some color) ; 23 cm

"From fashion sketches of smartly dressed Shanghai dandies in the 1920s, to multipanel drawings of refugee urbanites during the war against Japan, to panoramic pictures of anti-American propaganda rallies in the early 1950s, the polymorphic cartoon-style art known as manhua helped define China's modern experience. Manhua Modernity offers a richly illustrated, deeply contextualized analysis of these illustrations across the lively pages of popular pictorial magazines that entertained, informed, and mobilized a nation through a half century of political and cultural transformation. In this compelling media history, John Crespi argues that manhua must be understood in the context of the pictorial magazines that hosted them, and in turn these magazines must be seen as important mediators of the modern urban experience. Even as times changed-from interwar-era consumerism to war-time mobilization to Mao-style propaganda-the art form adapted to stay on the cutting edge of both politics and style"-- Provided by publisher.

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9780520973862

Caricature China History 20th century.
Caricatures and cartoons China History 20th century.
Caricature Political aspects China 20th century.
Communism and culture China History 20th century.
Political culture China History 20th century.
Caricature Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Caricatures et dessins humoristiques Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Caricature Aspect politique Chine 20e siècle.
Communisme et culture Chine Histoire 20e siècle.
Caricature.
Caricatures and cartoons.
Communism and culture.
Political culture.
China.

History.

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