In this Book
- The Cult of Happiness: Nianhua, Art, and History in Rural North China
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of British Columbia Press
summary
History and art come together in this definitive discussion of the Chinese woodblock print form of nianhua, literally "New Year pictures." James Flath analyzes the role of nianhua in the home and later in the theatre and relates these artworks to the social, cultural, and political milieu of North China as it was between the late Qing dynasty and the early 1950s. Among the first studies in any field to treat folk art as historical text, this extraordinary account offers original insight into popular conceptions of domesticity, morality, gender, society, modernity, and the transformation of the genre as a propaganda tool under communism.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. vi-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 3-13
- 2. Home and Domesticity
- pp. 33-58
- 3. State and Society
- pp. 59-80
- 6. The Politics of the Popular
- pp. 126-149
- 7. Exorcising Modernity
- pp. 150-153
- Bibliography
- pp. 177-187
Additional Information
ISBN
9780774850919
MARC Record
OCLC
613409769
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No