Shanghai and the edges of empires / Meng Yue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meng, Yue, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shanghai (China)--Civilization--19th century.

Shanghai (China).

Shanghai (China)--Civilization--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shanghai and the Edges of Empires analyzes a century-long shift of urbanity from Chinas heartland to its shore. Simultaneously appropriating and resisting imposing forces, Shanghai opened itself to subversive practices, becoming a crucible of creativity and modernism. Meng Yue reveals the paradoxical interdependence between imperial and imperialist histories and the retranslation of culture that characterized the emergence of the city of Shanghai.

Contents:

Introduction: the border of histories

Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge

1. The shifting locations of the translation of science

2. Semiotic modernity: the politics of philology and compilation

Part II. The carnival and the radical

3. Urban festivity as a disruptive history

4. In search of a habitable globe

Part III. Interiors projecting the globe

5. Reenvisioning the urban interior: gardens and the paradox of the public sphere

6. The rise of an entertainment cosmopolitanism

Conclusion: Chinese cosmopolitanism repositioned.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.

ISBN:

1-4337-1114-1

0-8166-6107-3

1-4356-1207-8

OCLC:

213772591