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Shanghai and the Edges of Empires. By MENG YUE [Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. xxx + 295 pp. $46.95. ISBN 0-8166-4413-6.]

The China Quarterly, 2006, Vol.188 (188), p.1142-1144 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The China Quarterly, 2006 ;Copyright Cambridge University Press Dec 2006 ;ISSN: 0305-7410 ;EISSN: 1468-2648 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0305741006340635

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    Shanghai and the Edges of Empires. By MENG YUE [Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. xxx + 295 pp. $46.95. ISBN 0-8166-4413-6.]
  • Author: HEVIA, JAMES L.
  • Subjects: Articulation ; Asian history ; Autocracy ; Banking industry ; Chinese history ; Chinese languages ; Economic development ; Economic reform ; Empires ; Essays ; Feminism ; Foreign policy ; Industrial safety ; International relations ; Internet ; Japanese language ; Language history ; Literacy ; Literary language ; Motion pictures ; Multiculturalism & pluralism ; Occupational safety ; Occupations ; Political parties ; Predation ; Stagnation ; Stereotypes ; Trends ; Writers
  • Is Part Of: The China Quarterly, 2006, Vol.188 (188), p.1142-1144
  • Description: In an era of ``cultural flows, multiculturalism, increasing migration, and the World Wide Web'' (p. 3), they argue, Chinese cinema can only refer to patterns appearing in Chinese-language films of the last century, or to the transformation of these patterns according to different ideas about nation and nationhood that have ``appeared in different Chinese places at different times'' (p. 10). [...]in opposition to national cinema studies, Berry and Farquhar propose approaching film from a ``transnational'' perspective that is, by examining how ``a variety of regional, national, and local specificities impact upon each other in various types of relationships ranging from synergy to contest'' (p. 5). [...]she examines the theory and practice of gender propriety: didactic texts and the shifting virtues they proposed could simultaneously buttress orthodoxy and empower women, for they advocated literacy, while controversial social practices (concubinage, widowhood, footbinding) saw many women as active participants and not just passive subjects. [...]this work though successful in its challenge to stereotypical perceptions of Confucianism misses a chance to fully express innovative contributions: hopefully, the author will develop her ideas further in future, since the elaborated articulation of a Confucian feminism would certainly be a noteworthy achievement. According to Huang, Chang responded to the constraints of Japanese occupation by constantly experimenting in her works with a richly textured literary language, especially in her essays, to write about such everyday subjects as apartment living and fashion in order to take on the larger, pressing issues of daily survival in the city.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0305-7410
    EISSN: 1468-2648
    DOI: 10.1017/S0305741006340635
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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