Format:
xiii, 287 pages
,
ill.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9781442218932
Series Statement:
Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Uniform Title:
Bijo to wa nani ka 〈engl.〉
Note:
Translation of: Bijo to wa nani ka : nitchū bijin no bunkashi / Chō Kyō. -- Tokyo : Shobunsha, 2001. -- 464, x, p. : ill. ; 20 cm
,
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index
,
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442218956
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Japan
;
China
;
Frau
;
Schönheitsideal
;
Schönheitsideal
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