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100			_aLiang, Samuel Y.
245			_aMapping modernity in Shanghai : space, gender and visual culture in the Sojourners` city, 1853-98
260			_bRoutledge _aLondon _c2012
300			_axviii,218p.
440			_aAsia's Transformations Ed. by Mark Selden _989721
505			_aContents 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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