From"Soft Beauty"to"Fit Beauty":Cultural Transformations in the View of the Female Body in China in the 1930s
This article explores the construction of the modern female body in the 1930s through the theoretical lens of socio-cultural history,which examines changes in popular culture,lifestyles,and social mores.The article examines the complex interplay,trans-formation,and confrontation among three major ideologies:National expectations,scientific knowledge,and consumerism,based on the translation and dissemination of the Western-style discourse of"fit beauty"in China.The study finds that the changing percep-tion of the female body in modern times stems from the political need for women to be subordinated to a strong nation and a strong race in order to change the state's declining status,and that"fit beauty"was created at the same time.Besides,the trend of women's liberation also made women advocate the self-control of their bodies.In this way,scientific discourse and consumer dis-course were manipulated as tools for the voices of people with different positions,while"sports"were recognized by all discourses as an important means of shaping the outward appearance of women's bodies.On the basis,"fit beauty"thus completed the transfor-mation of the local Chinese discourse and became a key thread in the construction of female body views.
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