Mei Nu Examining Chinese Women's Deployment of Beauty in Four Biographical Texts

Mei Nu Examining Chinese Women's Deployment of Beauty in Four Biographical Texts

Building on Bourdieu's notions of cultural capital, this qualitative research project aims to analyze four biographical texts of Chinese women--Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, and Hao Lulu--to characterize how they deploy their beauty as cultural capital, reflecting their agency and power vi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carreon, Latasha Q. (Author)
Other Authors: Santamaria, Matthew Constancio M. (adviser.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Beauty culture > China.
Beauty, Personal > China.
Women > China > Social conditions.
Sex role > China.