ISBN:
9781442218932
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 287 pages
,
ill.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Uniform Title:
Bijo to wa nani ka 〈engl.〉
DDC:
305.40952
Keywords:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) History
;
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) History
;
Japan
;
China
;
Frau
;
Schönheitsideal
;
Schönheitsideal
Description / Table of Contents:
The search for the beautiful womanFavored appearances -- Feared beauties -- The rhetoric of representation -- Beauty as a construct -- Beautiful women in Chinese verse and prose, beautiful women in Japanese literature -- Symphony of aesthetics -- Edo culture as a filter -- Toward the birth of Naomi -- Epilogue: The future of beauty.
Note:
Translation of: Bijo to wa nani ka : nitchū bijin no bunkashi / Chō Kyō. -- Tokyo : Shobunsha, 2001. -- 464, x, p. : ill. ; 20 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index
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