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The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
No full textThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
Chiang Mai Changwat (Thailand), Mae Nam Ping river and bridge
No full textCampbell's Yard; & Chiengmai Valley from Doi Su Tep. Dec. 15, 1935. Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river] and bridge from Campbell's verandah. Panatomic 120.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 139 of 38
Tak Changwat (Thailand), Ping River
No full textEast Bank Menam Ping, Amphur Moang [Muang] Tambon Raheng, Changwat Tak. November 19, 1937. Gardens on lower flood terrace. Raft on river. Looking SW at Ta Ka Village. 11 1/50 G.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 221 of 38
Tak Changwat (Thailand), waterwheel on the Mae Nam Ping river
No full textRaheng [Tak] and Bantad [Ban Tak], 28 km north. January 16, 1936. Verichrome. Water wheel. Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river]. 3.8 1/100 -.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 145 of 38
Tak (Thailand), view of Mae Nam Ping river
No full textRaheng [Tak] and East. January 16, 1936. Verichrome. Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river] from Gov't rest houses. Raheng [Tak]. 8 1/25 G.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 146 of 38
Chiang Mai (Thailand), fish traps on Mae Nam Ping river
No full textLampoon [Lamphun], and Chiengmai [Chiang Mai] Leper Asylum. January 9, 10, 1936. Verichrome. Fish trap frames and shelters. Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river] at Asylum.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 143 of 38
Lamphun Changwat (Thailand), bank of Mae Nam Ping river
No full textChiengmai [Chiang Mai], road to Lampoon [Lamphun], and Lampoon [Lamphun]. January 9, 1936. Verichrome. Looking north up east bank of Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river]. Campbell's Palm's at right.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 143 of 38
Chiang Mai Changwat (Thailand), looking up Mae Nam Ping river
No full textChiendao [Chiang Dao]--Chiengmai [Chiang Mai] Road, Kms. 65--59. December 16, 1935. Looking up Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river]. Km 68.9 8 1/25 G. Panatomic F120.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 139 of 38
Changwat Tak (Thailand), teak logs in the Mae Nam Ping river
No full textBantak [Ban Tak] and Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river]. January 16, 1936. Verichrome. Teak logs and Ping River [Mae Nam Ping river]. Bantak [Ban Tak] in the distance. 11 1/25 -.GrayscalePendleton nitrate negative, Box 146 of 38
V. Gillis and Pai Ping-ch'i : Japanese surnames
No full textRomero de Cuadra de Umbrias L. V. Gillis and Pai Ping-ch'i : Japanese surnames. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 40 N°2, 1940. p. 463
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