Images of war : the cultural construction of Qing martial prowess / Ya-chen Ma ; translated by Elizabeth Smithrosser.
| Author/creator | Ma, Yazhen author. |
| Other author | Smithrosser, Elizabeth, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Singapore : National University of Singapore, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xviii, 356 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Ke hua zhan xun. English |
| Portion of title | Cultural construction of Qing martial prowess |
| Contents | Part I: Military achievement and the officials' career: Pictures of personal meritorious deeds -- Ming images of war and the visual culture of officialdom -- Part II: Military attainment and the Great Qing: Civil and martial expressions of military achievement from Hong Taiji to the early Qianlong reign -- Military achievement and the Manchus: "Pictorial Veritable Records of Taizu" and Hong Taiji's construction of Manchu identity -- Military achievement and the "sagely ancestor": The Kangxi court's consolidation of martial attainment culture -- Part III: Martial prowess and the empire: Qianlong images of military achievement in light of the western campaigns -- The emergence of battle pictures and the pavilion of purple splendor as an exhibition space for imperial martial prowess -- Obtaining victory in the pacification of the Zunghar and Muslim regions and the marital prowess of the empire -- The establishment of the imagery of martial attainment. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-339) and index. |
| Other edition issued | Translation of: Ma, Yazhen. Ke hua zhan xun : Qing chao di guo wu gong de wen hua jian zhu. |
| ISBN | 9789813252127 |
| ISBN | 981325212X |
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