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Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie

By Iris Moon, Marlise Brown (Contribution by), Patty Chang (Contribution by), Anne Anlin Cheng (Contribution by), Elizabeth Cleland (Contribution by), Patricia Ferguson (Contribution by), Eleanor Hyun (Contribution by), Cindy Kang (Contribution by), Ronda Kasl (Contribution by), Joan Kee (Contribution by), Pengliang Lu (Contribution by), Lesley Ma (Contribution by), David Porter (Contribution by), Joseph Scheier-Dolberg (Contribution by), Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace (Contribution by), Chi-ming Yang (Contribution by), Yao-Fen You (Contribution by)
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By Iris Moon, Marlise Brown (Contribution by), Patty Chang (Contribution by), Anne Anlin Cheng (Contribution by), Elizabeth Cleland (Contribution by), Patricia Ferguson (Contribution by), Eleanor Hyun (Contribution by), Cindy Kang (Contribution by), Ronda Kasl (Contribution by), Joan Kee (Contribution by), Pengliang Lu (Contribution by), Lesley Ma (Contribution by), David Porter (Contribution by), Joseph Scheier-Dolberg (Contribution by), Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace (Contribution by), Chi-ming Yang (Contribution by), Yao-Fen You (Contribution by)
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Curiosity and critique foreground this novel history of porcelain that unravels the cultural myths of Chinoiserie, Europe’s fantasy of the East

Monstrous Beauty presents a bold cross-cultural history of porcelain told through a feminist lens. Prized for its delicate quality and whiteness, porcelain was first imported to Europe from China in the early modern period and gained lasting associations with Chinoiserie, a style that encapsulated associations of mystery and enchantment with Asia. T...

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