Rewriting Modernism
Three Women Artists in Twentieth-Century China (Pan Yuliang, Nie Ou and Yin Xiuzhen)
9789087282295
Distributed for Leiden University Press
Rewriting Modernism
Three Women Artists in Twentieth-Century China (Pan Yuliang, Nie Ou and Yin Xiuzhen)
Rewriting Modernism explores the significance of Chinese women in modern art through the work of Pan Yuliang, Nie Ou, and Yin Xiuzhen, three artists who were professionally active at different stages in China’s political history. Analyzing Chinese works largely unknown in the English-language literature to date, Phyllis Teo analyzes how the artists negotiated their identities in circumstances that made their status as women particularly distinct. Ultimately, this book offers a fresh reading of modernism from a feminist perspective.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Pan Yuliang – The Misunderstood “Mistress” of Western Painting
Chapter 3
Nie Ou – Modern Literati Woman Artist of Socialist Background
Chapter 4
Yin Xiuzhen – Constructing Memories and Femininity in Postmodern Capitalist China
Chapter 5
Conclusion – Chinese Women as Active Agents of Representation
Notes
Acknowledgements
Gallery with Colour Plates
Bibliography
Glossary of Chinese Characters
Index
Introduction
Chapter 2
Pan Yuliang – The Misunderstood “Mistress” of Western Painting
Chapter 3
Nie Ou – Modern Literati Woman Artist of Socialist Background
Chapter 4
Yin Xiuzhen – Constructing Memories and Femininity in Postmodern Capitalist China
Chapter 5
Conclusion – Chinese Women as Active Agents of Representation
Notes
Acknowledgements
Gallery with Colour Plates
Bibliography
Glossary of Chinese Characters
Index