TY  - GEN
AU  - Liang, Samuel Y.
TI  - Mapping modernity in Shanghai : space, gender and visual culture in the Sojourners` city, 1853-98
SN  - 9780415631167
U1  - 720.103 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
N1  - Contents
List of figures xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
A history of "new nature" 2
Gender, architecture, and visual culture 5
The organization of the chapters 7
1. Fluid tradition, splintered modernity 11
Space, time, and modernity 13
The problem of modernity in China 16
The neo-Confucian continuum 17
The discontents of Confucianism  20
Toward a splintered modernity 22
2. The convergence of writing and commerce 27
Imaginative geography and print culture 28
Hybrid journalism 32
Literature of urban consumption  37
Knowing historical experience  40
Wang Tao and courtesan literature 43
The new literati-journalists 47
Han Bangqing and his novel  49
3. Ephemeral households, marvelous things 53
Merchant residences and courtesan houses  53
The "family" business  56
The public boudoir: banquets and tea parties 60
Shifting gender roles  64
Magical and fashionable objects 71
Interior settings 76
Destruction and disillusionment 80
4. The meeting of courtyard and street 84
Changing views of the pleasure quarter 84 
Joint production 87
Fluid space 93
Diverse functions 100
Distinct neighborhoods 106
5. Ultimate ingenuity, amorphous crowds 113
The challenge of human ingenuity 113 
Marvels on the Bund 118
Flowers of Chessboard Street 121 
Streetscapes of Fourth Avenue 125 
Spectatorship of street events 131 
Markets in the teahouses 136 
Shops on First Avenue 140
6. The mingling of magnates and masses
Restaurants 144
Opium houses 148
Storytelling houses 151
Theaters 156
Street parades 164
Carriages and rickshaws 171 
Gardens 174
Conclusion 181
Glossary of frequently-used Chinese terms 183
List of Chinese characters 185
Notes 192
References 204 
Index 213
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