ISBN |
9004511105 (hardcover) |
9789004511101 (hardcover) |
Author |
Xiong, Yuezhi |
Uniform Title |
Yi zhi wen hua jiao zhi xia de Shanghai du shi sheng huo. English |
Title |
Shanghai urban life and its heterogeneous cultural entanglements / by Yuezhi Xiong ; translated by Lane J. Harris, Mei Chun |
Publisher |
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022 |
Physical desc. |
xvi, 425 pages ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Brill's humanities in China library 15 |
Note |
Translation of: Yi zhi wen hua jiao zhi xia de Shanghai du shi sheng huo / Yuezhi Xiong (Shanghai : Shanghai ci shu chu ban she, 2008). |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The formation of a distinctive cultural area -- The expatriate community in Shanghai -- Coexistence and entanglements -- Walls and fences: identity, understanding, and discrimination -- Seeking the truth, choosing the good, and following the trends: Western objects, Western medicine, and Western food -- Foreign language fever and pidgin languages -- Consultation and cooperation -- Contradictions and conflicts -- Fault lines -- The metropolis in the countryside and countryside in the metropolis -- Internment camps: the lives of foreign settlers under abnormal conditions. |
Subject |
Shanghai (China) -- History -- 19th century |
Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century |
Shanghai (China) -- Civilization -- Western influences |
Added name(s) |
Harris, Lane J. translator |
Mei, Chun 1976- translator |