Flath, James A.

The cult of happiness nianhua, art, and history in rural north China / [electronic resource] : James A. Flath. - Vancouver : Seattle : UBC Press ; University of Washington Press, c2004. - xii, 195 p. : ill. (some col.), map. - Contemporary Chinese studies . - 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




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


Electronic books.

NE1183.25 / .F57 2004

769/.49951/09034