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  • Portrayals of Women in Early Twentieth-Century China

    Redefining Female Identity through Modern Design and Lifestyle

    by Sandy Ng ...
    Portrayals of Women in Early Twentieth-Century China explores the role played by woman, and their visual representations, in introducing modern design and modern ways of living to China. It investigates this through an analysis of how women and modern design were represented in the advertisements, photographs, and films of Republican-era China. This study explores the intersection of modernity and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Makey Makey

    by Sandy Ng ...
    Series series 21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Makers as Innovators
    Makey Makey is a kit that helps you turn everyday objects into touchpads that control your computer's keyboard. With this book, students learn the art of innovation through detailed explanations and hands-on activities built to foster creativity and problem solving. Fun, engaging text introduces readers to new ideas and builds on maker-related concepts they may already know. Additional tools, ... Read more

    $24.19 USD

  • The Dynamics of Modern Asian Design

    Material Culture and Social Agency

    Edited by Sandy Ng, Megha Rajguru ...
    Focusing on the late 20th century onward, this book brings to light the ways in which design as a material form has underscored cultural, social and economic changes across Asia.The Dynamics of Modern Asian Design provides a deeper and more enhanced understanding of material culture in Asia through analysis of examples of ceramics, electronic items, fashion, furniture, interior design, ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

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    by Jiawen Han ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on China in Transition
    China is currently in the midst of an unprecedented building boom and, indeed, interest in Chinese contemporary architecture has been fuelled by this huge expansion. Through a cutting-edge theoretical discussion of Chinese architecture in relation to Chinese modernity, this book examines this phenomenon in detail. In particular, it highlights how changes in the social-political system, the ... Read more

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  • Museums in China

    The Politics of Representation after Mao

    by Marzia Varutti ...
    Museums in China have undergone tremendous transformations since they first appeared in the country in the late nineteenth century. Futuristic, state-of-the-art museums have today become symbols of China's global cultural, economic and technological prominence, and over the last two decades, the number of Chinese museums has increased at an unprecedented rate, with China set to become the country ... Read more

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  • Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism

    Spectacle, Politics and History

    by Hong Kal ...
    Series series Asia's Transformations
    While most studies on Korean nationalism centre on textual analysis, Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism offers a different approach. It looks at expositions, museums and the urban built environment at particular moments in both colonial and postcolonial eras and analyses their discursive relations in the construction of Korean nationalism. By linking concepts of visual spectacle, urban ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Boredom, Shanzhai, and Digitisation in the Time of Creative China

    Edited by Yiu Fai Chow, Lena Scheen, Jeroen de Kloet ...
    Series series Asian Visual Cultures
    With its emergence as a global power, China aspires to transform from made in China to created in China. Mobilised as a crucial source for solid growth and soft power, creativity has become part of the new China Dream. Boredom, Shanzhai, and Digitisation in the Time of Creative China engages with the imperative of creativity by aligning it to three interrelated phenomena: boredom, shanzhai, and ... Read more

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  • Creativity Class

    Art School and Culture Work in Postsocialist China

    by Lily Chumley ...
    The last three decades have seen a massive expansion of China's visual culture industries, from architecture and graphic design to fine art and fashion. New ideologies of creativity and creative practices have reshaped the training of a new generation of art school graduates. Creativity Class is the first book to explore how Chinese art students develop, embody, and promote their own personalities ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Queer Chinese Art

    Edited by Hongwei Bao, Diyi Mergenthaler, Jamie J. Zhao ...
    Series series Queering China: Transnational Genders and Sexualities
    Contemporary Queer Chinese Art is the first English-language academic book that explores the intersections of queer culture and contemporary Chinese art from the mid-1980s to the present. This book brings together 15 internationally renowned artists, activists, curators and scholars to explore heterogeneous expressions of Chineseness and queerness in contemporary art from China and Chinese ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Drama Box and the Social Theatre of Singapore

    Cultural Intervention and Artistic Autonomy, 1990–2006

    by How Wee Ng ...
    Translated by Wong Chee Meng, Shelly Bryant ...
    This pioneering study provides an essential guide to the formative years of Drama Box, a leading Chinese-language theatre company in Singapore. How Wee Ng presents a compelling narrative of how Drama Box has emerged as a prominent force in the field of theatre for social intervention, effectively amplifying the voices of marginalised communities and establishing itself as a foremost advocate of ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Tourism and the Branded City

    Film and Identity on the Pacific Rim

    by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, John G. Gammack ...
    Comparing the major Pacific Rim cities of Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, this book examines world city branding. Whilst all three cities compete on the world's stage for events, tourists and investment, they are also at the centre of distinct film traditions and their identities are thus strongly connected with a cinematic impression. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book not only ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Anxious Wealth

    Money and Morality Among China's New Rich

    by John Osburg ...
    Who exactly are China's new rich? This pioneering investigation introduces readers to the private lives—and the nightlives—of the powerful entrepreneurs and managers redefining success and status in the city of Chengdu. Over the course of more than three years, anthropologist John Osburg accompanied, and in some instances assisted, wealthy Chinese businessmen as they courted clients, partners, and ... Read more

    $20.49 USD