From Ancestral Halls to Living Rooms: The Transformation of Domestic Portrait Spaces and the Making of Family Modernity in China (1920–1990)
Journal of Family History: Studies in Family, Kinship, Gender, and Demography
Published online on April 10, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Family History, Ahead of Print.
From 1920 to 1990, China's family portrait spaces underwent a shift from ancestral halls to living rooms, reflecting state power penetration, lineage disintegration, family restructuring, and individual awakening. Based on oral histories, photographic ...
From 1920 to 1990, China's family portrait spaces underwent a shift from ancestral halls to living rooms, reflecting state power penetration, lineage disintegration, family restructuring, and individual awakening. Based on oral histories, photographic ...