Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents v
3. acknowledgments vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I : The Pictorial
6. chapter one .The Pictorial Turn and the Realist Desire 33
7. Chapter Two. Photography, Performance, and the Making of Female Images 69
8. Chapter Three. Advertising and the Visual Display of Women 102
9. PART II: The Theatrical
10. Chapter Four. Peking Opera, from Listening to Watching 133
11. Chapter Five. Walking into and out of China’s Early Film Scene 164
12. Chapter Six. Magic and Modernity 184
13. Epilogue 209
14. Notes 217
15. Glossary 241
16. Bibliography 247
17. Index 273
18. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 281