ISBN:
9781442218956
,
1442218959
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Asia
Series Statement:
Asia/Pacific/perspectives
Uniform Title:
B@ijo to wa nani ka 〈English〉
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.40952
Keywords:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) History
;
Japan
;
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) History
;
China
;
China
;
Japan
;
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) History
;
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) History
;
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
History
;
China
;
Japan
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
For centuries, Japanese culture, including ideals of feminine beauty, was profoundly shaped by China. In this first full comparative history on the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing standards of beauty in China and Japan, ranging from plumpness to bound feet to blackened teeth. Drawing on a rich array of sources gathered over a decade of research, he considers which Chinese representations were rejected or accepted and transformed in Japan. He then traces the introduction of Western aesthetics into Japan starting in the Meiji era, leading to slowly developing but radical changes in the repres
Note:
Translated from the Japanese. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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