Abstract
This article addresses issues of fictionality, metaphor, gender, the self, and the text-image interplay in portraiture practice and reassesses the boundaries of portraiture. It examines two moments in courtesan portraits in imperial China: their debut in the Tang dynasty (618-907) and their seventeenth-century apex during the Ming-Qing transition. It focuses on two literary representations, an individual courtesan’s self-portrait and her male-authored cross-dressed portrait.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | On Portraiture. Theory, Practice and Fiction. From Francisco de Holanda to Susan Sontag |
| Editors | Annemarie Jordan Gschwend, Jordan Pereira Fernando, Maria Gamito |
| Place of Publication | Lisbon |
| Publisher | Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas Artes, Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Universidade de Lisboa |
| Pages | 218-233 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789898944788 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2022 |
| Event | On Portraiture. Theory, practice and fiction. From Francisco de Holanda to Susan Sontag - University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 18 Jan 2022 → 20 Jan 2022 https://www.belasartes.ulisboa.pt/en/o-retrato-teoria-pratica-e-ficcao-de-francisco-de-holanda-a-susan-sontag/ |
Congress
| Congress | On Portraiture. Theory, practice and fiction. From Francisco de Holanda to Susan Sontag |
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| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Lisbon |
| Period | 18/01/22 → 20/01/22 |
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User-Defined Keywords
- courtesan
- gender
- literary portrait
- self-portrait
- cross-dressing