Mediasphere Shanghai - The Aesthetics of Cultural Production

For many in the west, Shanghai is the quintessence of East Asian modernity. How did Shanghai acquire this power? This book shows that partial answers to these questions can be found in the products of Shanghai's media industry, particularly the Shanghai novel, a distinctive genre of installment fiction that flourished from the 1890s to the 1930s.

About the author

Alexander Des Forges is assistant professor of Chinese in the Department of Modern Languages and the Program in East Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Summary

For many in the west, Shanghai is the quintessence of East Asian modernity. How did Shanghai acquire this power? This book shows that partial answers to these questions can be found in the products of Shanghai's media industry, particularly the Shanghai novel, a distinctive genre of installment fiction that flourished from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Des Forges, Alexander Des Forges
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2007
• EAN: 9780824830816
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3081-6
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Study of the Weatherhead East; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Study of the Weatherhead East
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology