| 词条 | Beverley Jackson |
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| name = Beverley Jackson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1928|11|20}} | birth_place = Los Angeles | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist, columnist, lecturer, curator | genre = Literature | website = {{URL|http://beverleyjackson.com}} }} Beverley Jackson is an American writer on Chinese culture and fashion As well as international travel, polo and style. Her published works cover life in 1920s and 1930s. A collector of dolls she published Dolls of Spain 2017 Create Space. A freelance writer her articles have been published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times,Paris Vogue, London Vogue, US Vogue, Time Magazine. As a lecturer she has lectured around the world including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Museum of Art Shanghai, Civilization Museum Singapore, as well as universities and American museums. Was a featured speaker at the Shanghai International Writers Conference 2006. Was curator of Chinese textiles at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum for 20 years. Has been a collector of Chinese imperial robes since 1975. Currently she is weaving pine needle baskets exhibited at Casa Gallery and her collages have had three major exhibitions in Santa Barbara galleries.and now writes a weekly column for The Voice. BiographyEarly Life and educationBeverley Jackson was born to Dorothy and Philip Jacobson in Los Angeles, CA on November 20, 1928. She grew up in Los Angeles, graduating from Westlake School for Girls in 1946.[1] She attended UCLA, USC, Otis Art Institute, and Kahn Art Institute. JournalistIn 1963 Beverley moved to Santa Barbara, CA and for almost 25 years wrote the tri-weekly column "By the Way" for the Santa Barbara News Press.[2] She was the winner of the California Photography Contest of the Los Angeles Times.[3] LecturerBeverley has lectured on the subjects of her published works for over 10 years in cities around the world.[4] CollectorBeverley began collecting Chinese textiles in 1975 during a trip to Shanghai. Her collection of Qing textiles, especially the imperial robes, became known internationally and were exhibited in special museums on occasion including the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena Published WorksSplendid Slippers – 1998 Ten Speed Press.[5] Winner of the Bookbuilders West 1998 Judge's Choice Award. "This book of Jackson's has been acknowledged in medical circles for its information on Chinese footbinding: "Little has been written about the former Chinese custom of footbinding, particularly its physical ramifications. But a new book which details this orthopedic nightmare from a social and cultural standpoint includes a medical chapter containing information (and x-rays) about what physically happened to millions of women over the centuries who endured the procedures."[6] Ladder to the Clouds: Intrigues and Traditions of Chinese Rank coauthored by Dr. David Hugus- 1999 Ten Speed Press.[7] Runner-up Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Awards 2000 Kingfisher Blue – 2001 Ten Speed Press[8] Shanghai Girl Gets All Dressed Up – 2005 Ten Speed Press[9] 1910 A Grand Tour of Asia coauthored by Hania Tallmadge – 2006 Ten Speed Press[10] The Beautiful Lady Was A Palace Eunuch – 2011 Create Space[11] References1. ^Harvard/Westlake Alumnae Directory 1993 2. ^Los Angeles Times The Delicate Reminders of a Tortured Past by Beverly Beyette 3. ^Los Angeles Times Photograph Contest "The Creative Eye of California Amateurs June 4, 1978 4. ^Honolulu Star-Bulletin Golden Lilies By Nadine Kam March 10, 1998 5. ^Random House Publishing – Splendid Slippers 1998 6. ^Orthopedics Today – Current News in Musculoskeletal Health & Disease November 1998 Volume 18 – Number 11 7. ^Random House Publishing – Ladder to the Clouds 8. ^Random House Publishing – Kingfisher Blue 2001 9. ^Random House Publishing – Shanghai Girl Gets All Dressed Up 2005 10. ^Random House Publishing – 1910 A Grand Tour of Asia 2006 11. ^Press Release – Palace eunuch passes as a woman outside the Forbidden City in Old China novel 2011 Further readingSplendid Slippers{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Beverley}} 7 : 21st-century American novelists|American women novelists|1928 births|Living people|American women journalists|21st-century American women writers|21st-century American non-fiction writers |
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