Peijie Mao

Popular Magazines and Fiction in Shanghai, 1914-1925

Modernity, the Cultural Imaginary, and the Middle Society

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Shanghai-based popular magazines and fiction and their role in catalyzing the process of Chinese modernity in the early twentieth century. The author argues that the national, gender, family, and social imaginaries constructed in popular magazines articulated the values and aspirations of the emerging Chinese "middle society."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 747g
• ISBN-13: 9781498544788
• ISBN-10: 1498544789
• Artikelnr.: 62233787

Autorenporträt

Peijie Mao is associate professor of Chinese at ShanghaiTech University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Imagining the Nation: Patriotism in Popular Narratives
Chapter 2 Constructing the Ideal Womanhood: The Imaginary of the "Wise
Mother and Good Wife"
Chapter 3 Constructing the Domestic Sphere: The Imaginary of Ideal Families
and Homes
Chapter 4 Constructing the "Middle Society:" Urban Utopias and Industrial
Fiction
Epilogue
Frequently Cited Chinese Periodicals
Bibliography
Index
About the Author