The search for the beautiful woman : a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty / Cho Kyo ; t...
The search for the beautiful woman : a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty / Cho Kyo ; t...
The search for the beautiful woman : a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty / Cho Kyo ; translated by Kyoko Selden.
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Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2012.
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G 2013/559
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English
Japanese
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Physical content
xiii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: The search for the beautiful woman -- Favored appearances -- Feared beauties -- The rhetoric of representation -- Beauty as a construct -- Beautiful women in Chinese verse and prose, beauties in Japanese literature -- Resonance of aesthetic views -- Edo culture as a filter -- Until Naomi w...
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Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2012.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2012.
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The search for the beautiful woman : a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty / Cho Kyo ; translated by Kyoko Selden.
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Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279) and index.
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Translated from the Japanese.
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c2012.
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G 2013/559
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74VvyjaJ7PXM
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ISBN
1442218932 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781442218932 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
305.40952
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991016229069702626
