The cult of happiness : nianhua, art, and history in rural north China

Flath, James A

The cult of happiness : nianhua, art, and history in rural north China James A. Flath - Vancouver : Seattle University of Washington Press 2004 Vancouver : Seattle UBC Press ; 2004 - 195p. Hbk - Contemporary Chinese studies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.



The production of print culture in north China -- Home and domesticity -- State and society -- Retelling history through the narrative print -- Rural print and the cosmopolitan mystique -- The politics of the popular -- Exorcising modernity.

9780774810340

2004000833


Wood-engraving, Chinese - 20th century
Art and society - China
Narrative art - China
Wood-engraving, Chinese - 19th century

769.499 FLA