Reinventing craft in China: The Contemporary Politics of Yixing Zisha Ceramics

ISBN-13: 9781907774980 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 200 str.

Geoffrey Gowlland

Opis

A study of the reinvention of Zisha ceramics, after disbanding of communist era factory co-operatives and the reintroduction of family businesses based on artisan workshops. This work explores new forms of state intervention and the construction of notions of Chinese values and their relationship to authenticity, tradition and mastery of the craft.