The Image of Modern Women in Shanghai According to The Young Companion (1926-1945)

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10.2991/assehr.k.220706.095How to use a DOI?

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The Young Companion; modern women; female consciousness; Shanghai

Abstract

With the rapid development of the economy and society, Shanghai has changed into a modest port city in China with the introduction of western material and spiritual civilization and has become the largest metropolis in the far east since the 1920s. The pictorial magazine, The Young Companion(1926-1945), is the most popular fashion magazine in Shanghai. As a representative of concession culture and the important carrier of female discourse, The Young Companion has played a significant role in the construction of modern women. This essay will firstly discuss the diversity of cover girls in terms of identity and aesthetics. Following this, it will explain that the female consciousness and female self-identity are awakenings with development in Shanghai during the period of social transformation. Finally, it will look at the rapid conversion of the image of modern women and the female gaze.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wang Dong
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/14
TI  - The Image of Modern Women in Shanghai According to The Young Companion (1926-1945)
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange（ICLACE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 501
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SN  - 2352-5398
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