Images of older people in Chinese fashion magazines: a visual assemblage analysis.
This study analyzes and interprets the depicted older characters in the featured photographs in Chinese fashion magazines, namely, Harper's Bazaar China and FHM China, to extend the research context and enrich the literature on the mediated images of older people. The concept of assemblage and the t...
| Publicado en: | Visual Studies Vol. 38; no. 3/4; pp. 339 - 351 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023
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