00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685523046126127928 Buklod 20230626084009.0 m eq i ta 230626s2023 ph a r 000 0|eng d DAC rda eng LG 995 2023 A8 C37 Carreon, Latasha Q. author Mei Nu Examining Chinese Women's Deployment of Beauty in Four Biographical Texts Latasha Q. Carreon; Matthew Constancio M. Santamaria, adviser. Quezon City Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman January 2023 v, 196 pages illustrations (color) 30 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Thesis (Master of Arts in Asian Studies) -- University of the Philippines Diliman, January 2023 F - The author does not wish for personal publication 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 vis-à-vis the structure (i.e. norms, class, institutions, and networks) of contemporary Chinese politics and society, particularly its beauty economy. Additionally, the research illustrates how beauty is constructed in contemporary China, tracing its historical antecedents to bring light to how beauty is entangled in politics, social norms, or economic concerns. The analysis also reveals that the deployment of beauty as cultural capital serves the following objectives, such as career advancement; promotion of China's image; driving the beauty economy; and lending support for the government's programs. The case studies highlight both the agency of the four women as they deploy their beauty, while illustrating that such deployment is also shaped, even limited by state power, education, cultural norms, and the mass media. --Provided by the author. Beauty culture China. Beauty, Personal China. Women China Social conditions. Sex role China. Santamaria, Matthew Constancio M. adviser. FI FO UPD DAC LG 995 2023 A8 C37 Book