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China's porcelain capital : the rise, fall and reinvention of ceramics in Jingdezhen / Maris Boyd Gillette.

By: Gillette, Maris Boyd [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2016Description: xi, 183 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350044821 (paperback); 1350044822 (paperback).Subject(s): Porcelain industry -- China -- Jingdezhen -- History | Jingdezhen (China) -- HistoryDDC classification: 338.4766650951
Contents:
The world's most famous ceramics and the people who made them -- Creating a porcelain capital, prehistory to 1785 -- Decline and disarray, 1780-1948 -- Production and politics, 1949-1972 -- Dual-track porcelain, 1973-1993 -- Porcelain capital no more, 1994-2010 -- From porcelain capital to heritage site.
Review: "Gillette explores the impact of state involvement in Jungdezhen's porcelain production, particularly during the momentous 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed, invested in, taxed, and managed the ceramics industry, and the effects of state intervention on ceramists' lives, their local environment, and the nature of the goods they produce." - Back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Maris Boyd Gillette's groundbreaking study tells the story of Jingdezhen, China's porcelain capital, from its origins in 1004 in Song dynasty China to the present day.

Gillette explores how Jingdezhen has been affected by state involvement in porcelain production, particularly during the long 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed, invested in, taxed and managed the local ceramics industry, and the effects of this state intervention on ceramists' lives, their local environment and the nature of the goods they produce. Gillette traces how Jingdezhen experienced the transition from imperial rule to state ownership under communism, the changing fortunes of the ceramics industry in the early 21st century, the decay and decline that accompanied privatisation, and a revival brought about by an entrepreneurial culture focusing on the manufacture of highly-prized 'art porcelain'.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-172) and index.

The world's most famous ceramics and the people who made them -- Creating a porcelain capital, prehistory to 1785 -- Decline and disarray, 1780-1948 -- Production and politics, 1949-1972 -- Dual-track porcelain, 1973-1993 -- Porcelain capital no more, 1994-2010 -- From porcelain capital to heritage site.

"Gillette explores the impact of state involvement in Jungdezhen's porcelain production, particularly during the momentous 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed, invested in, taxed, and managed the ceramics industry, and the effects of state intervention on ceramists' lives, their local environment, and the nature of the goods they produce." - Back cover.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Tables and Plates (p. vi)
  • Acknowledgements (p. x)
  • Notes on Names and Transliterations (p. xii)
  • 1 The World's Most Famous Ceramice and the People Who Made Them (p. 1)
  • 2 Creating a Porcelain Capital, Prehistory to 1785 (p. 11)
  • 3 Decline and Disarray, 1780-1948 (p. 29)
  • 4 Production and Politics, 1949-1972 (p. 43)
  • 5 Dual-Track Porcelain, 1973-1993 (p. 71)
  • 6 Porcelain Capital No More, 1994-2010 (p. 91)
  • 7 From Porcelain Capital to Heritage Site (p. 115)
  • Glossary (p. 133)
  • Notes (p. 137)
  • Bibliography (p. 163)
  • Index (p. 173)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Maris Boyd Gillette is Director of the Museum Studies program at the University of Missouri St. Louis, USA. She gained her PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University, and has held post-doctoral fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies.