The Institutionalization and Legitimatization of Guohua 國畫
Art Societies in Republican Shanghai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6008516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pedith Chan (City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong), Pedith Pui Chan (0000-0001-9580-6258, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 541-570 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0097700413491714 |
| OpenAlex | W2044632771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article examines guohua societies established in Republican Shanghai to show how the young generation of artists appropriated discursive practices to institutionalize and legitimatize guohua in the face of political and cultural upheaval. In the early Republican period, artistic practices underwent significant change as a result of major changes in the larger cultural and social context: the blooming of new media, the reform of the educational system, and the rise of urban culture. This article explores various aspects of guohua societies within a sociocultural context: the structure, the societal activities, the membership, and the attitudes toward art practice. Adopting Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of artistic field, it argues that the transformation in the attitude toward guohua as well as the practice of art in general in modern China is not merely the result of the Western impact but a major consideration of the rules of the artistic field
Aesthetics · Art · China · Context (archaeology · Face (sociological concept · Field (mathematics · Institutionalisation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law
Native Place, City, and Nation
The field of cultural production
The Sociology of Art and Literature
From Philosophy to Philology
The Origins of a Chinese Public Sphere. Local Elites and Community Affairs in the Late Imperial Period
The Ningpo Pang and Financial Power at Shanghai
Questions of Style
Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China
Party, State, and Local Elites in Republican China
The Rules of Art
The Profits of Philanthropy
Private Tutorial Art Schools in the Shanghai Market Economy
Popular Movements and Secret Societies in China, 1840-1950
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |