Photography in China: Science, Commerce and Communication

by Oliver Moore

Book Overview

Emphasizing the medium's reception among several Chinese constituencies, this book explores photography's impact within new discourses on science, as well as its effects in social life, visual modernity and the media during China's transition from imperial to republican government.

General knowledge and academic teaching of early modern Chinese visual culture stops short of fitting photography into the larger context of visual practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032078995
• ISBN13: 9781032078991
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages