{"product_id":"manhua-modernity-john-a-crespi-9780520309104","title":"Manhua Modernity: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn","description":"A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From fashion sketches of smartly dressed Shanghai dandies in the 1920s, to multipanel drawings of refugee urbanites during the war against Japan, to panoramic pictures of anti-American propaganda rallies in the early 1950s, the polymorphic cartoon-style art known as \u003ci\u003emanhua\u003c\/i\u003e helped define China's modern experience. \u003ci\u003eManhua Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e offers a richly illustrated, deeply contextualized analysis of these illustrations across the lively pages of popular pictorial magazines that entertained, informed, and mobilized a nation through a half century of political and cultural transformation. In this compelling media history, John Crespi argues that \u003ci\u003emanhua\u003c\/i\u003e must be understood in the context of the pictorial magazines that hosted them, and in turn these magazines must be seen as important mediators of the modern urban experience. Even as times changed--from interwar-era consumerism to war-time mobilization to Mao-style propaganda--the art form adapted to stay on the cutting edge of both politics and style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. Crespi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520309103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520309104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"John A. Crespi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056225251583,"sku":"9780520309104","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_230c2395-97cf-4ff7-892d-348b00bcbe53.jpg?v=1685040190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manhua-modernity-john-a-crespi-9780520309104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}