The search for the beautiful woman: a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty 9781442218932, 9781442218956, 1442218932, 1442218959

While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Hei

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English Pages xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Year 2012

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The search for the beautiful woman: a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty
 9781442218932, 9781442218956, 1442218932, 1442218959

Table of contents :
Prologue : The search for the beautiful woman --
Favored appearances --
Feared beauties --
The rhetoric of representation --
Beauty as a construct --
Beauties in Chinese verse and prose, beauties in Japanese literature --
Resonance of aesthetic views --
Edo culture as a filter --
Until Naomi was born --
Epilogue : Where beauty will go.

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