Amanda Wangwright, "The Golden Key: Women Artists and Gender Negotiations in Republican China (1911-1949)" (Brill, 2020)
The first monograph devoted to women artists of the Republican period,\xa0The Golden Key: Women Artists and Gender Negotiations in Republican China (1911-1949)\xa0(Brill, 2020)\xa0, authored by Amanda Wangwright,\xa0recovers the history of a groundbreaking yet forgotten force in China's modern art world. Through its detailed examination of the lives and careers of six female artists\u2014Guan Zilan, Qiu Ti, Pan Yuliang, Fang Junbi, Yu Feng, and Liang Baibo\u2014this book argues that women were central to the emergence of modernist art in early twentieth-century China and to the nation\u2019s larger modernization project. Amanda S. Wangwright\u2019s analysis of a wealth of primary sources demonstrates how these women constructed public personas, negotiated space within art societies, applied feminist thought to their artistic praxis, and surmounted obstacles to their careers\u2014wielding art as the \u201cgolden key\u201d to professional advancement and gender equality.\nHuiying Chen is an Assistant Professor in History at Purdue University. She is\xa0interested in the circulation of people, goods, and ideas and how societies in history and today cope with the challenges wrought by increased travel in aspects of culture, politics, commerce, law, science, and technology.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies