Recipes for Men
Manufacturing Makeup and the Politics of Production in 1910s China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3924955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugenia Lean (0009-0008-3178-7500, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 134-157 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Osiris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0369-7827 • E-ISSN: 1933-8287 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/682971 |
| PMID | 27066622 |
| OpenAlex | W2229219270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
In the first decade of Republican China (1911-49), masculinity was explored in writings on how to manufacture makeup that appeared in women's magazines. Male authors and editors of these writings--some of whom were connoisseurs of technology, some of whom were would-be manufacturers--appropriated the tropes of the domestic and feminine to elevate hands-on work and explore industry and manufacturing as legitimate masculine pursuits. Tapping into time-honored discourses of virtuous productivity in the inner chambers and employing practices of appropriating the woman's voice to promote unorthodox sentiment, these recipes "feminized" production to valorize a new masculine agenda, which included chemistry and manufacturing, for building a new China
Aesthetics · Art · China · Economic growth · Economics · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Production (economics · Productivity · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Chinese history and philosophy · Engineering · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Mechanical Engineering
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Unearthing the Nation
Hygienic Modernity
"Medicine and Science as Masculine "Fields of Honor
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |