Sökning: "Sinology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Sinology.
1. Chinese women and consumer culture : discourses on beauty and identity in advertising and women's magazines 1985-1995
Sammanfattning : Chinese women and consumer culture are studied through semiotics and discourse analysis of advertisements and beauty editorials from women's magazines. The trajectory of Chinese consumption and advertising development during the last two decades is outlined and the changing notions of female beauty after Mao is examined, describing the resurfacing gender differences and the renewed importance of body and gender, together with the commodification of women and female beauty. LÄS MER
2. Laughable Propaganda : Modern Xiangsheng as Didactic Entertainment
Sammanfattning : This dissertation introduces the popular Chinese comic story-telling genrexiangsheng. The genre is first viewed in the light of historical predecessorswhich contain elements similar to those found in traditional xiangsheng. LÄS MER
3. Conflicting Times : Multiple Temporalities in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the intersection of temporality and politics in contemporary Chinese science fiction. Building on previous research on Chinese science fiction, science fiction studies, as well as narrative theory and historical theory, the investigation focuses on eight key texts written by the writers Han Song, Liu Cixin, and Baoshu. LÄS MER
4. As a Fire Beneath the Ashes : The Quest for Chinese Wisdom within Occultism, 1850-1949
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5. Images of an Empire : Chinese Geography Textbooks of the Early 20th Century
Sammanfattning : In 1901 the Qing regime, in power 1644-1911, took wide-ranging measures to reform the Chinese Empire. Fundamental changes were carried out within the field of education, resulting in the completion of China’s first modern educational system in 1904. LÄS MER