Ir al contenido principal
The Distorting Mirror

The Distorting Mirror

Por Pang, Laikwan

Publicado por University of Hawaii Press

English 295 páginas 2007 ISBN 9780824864675
Tiempo de lectura estimado: 5 h 25 min
PDF

Sobre este libro

The Distorting Mirror analyzes the multiple and complex ways in which urban Chinese subjects saw themselves interacting with the new visual culture that emerged during the turbulent period between the 1880s and the 1930s. The media and visual forms examined include lithography, photography, advertising, film, and theatrical performances. Urbanites actively engaged with and enjoyed this visual culture, which was largely driven by the subjective desire for the empty promises of modernity—promises comprised of such abstract and fleeting concepts as new, exciting, and fashionable. Detailing and analyzing the trajectories of development of various visual representations, Laikwan Pang emphasizes their interactions. In doing so, she demonstrates that visual modernity was not only a combination of independent cultural phenomena, but also a partially coherent sociocultural discourse whose influences were seen in different and collective parts of the culture. The work begins with an overall historical account and theorization of a new lithographic pictorial culture developing at the end of the nineteenth century and an examination of modernity’s obsession with the investigation of the real. Subsequent chapters treat the fascination with the image of the female body in the new visual culture; entertainment venues in which this culture unfolded and was performed; how urbanites came to terms with and interacted with the new reality; and the production and reception of images, the dynamics between these two being a theme explored throughout the book. Modernity, as the author shows, can be seen as spectacle. At the same time, she demonstrates that, although the excessiveness of this spectacle captivated the modern subject, it did not completely overwhelm or immobilize those who engaged with it. After all, she argues, they participated in and performed with this ephemeral visual culture in an attempt to come to terms with their own new, modern self.

Disponibilidad

The Distorting Mirror está disponible como PDF en 13 librerías online. Entre las librerías que lo venden están Association of University Presses - Tienda FILUNI, Bajalibros Argentina, Bajalibros Latam.

Idioma
English
Compartir

Preguntas frecuentes

¿En qué formatos está disponible The Distorting Mirror?
The Distorting Mirror está disponible como PDF en 13 librerías online.
¿Dónde puedo comprar The Distorting Mirror?
Puedes comprar The Distorting Mirror en Association of University Presses - Tienda FILUNI, Bajalibros Argentina, Bajalibros Latam. Compara todas las opciones en la lista de esta página.
¿Cuánto se tarda en leer The Distorting Mirror?
A un ritmo de lectura medio, The Distorting Mirror se lee en unas 5 h 25 min (295 páginas).

Valoraciones y reseñas

Aún no hay valoraciones. Sé el primero en reseñar este libro.

Acceder para valorar y reseñar este libro.

Comentarios

Acceder para unirte a la conversación.

Aún no hay comentarios.