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Old Shanghai, the city of freedom
Old Shanghai, the city of freedom
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Book Introduction
Old Shanghai, a city with a very special and unique charm, was home to people from many countries including China, Britain, the United States, France, and Japan, and various cultures coexisted there. However, thanks to its unique administrative characteristics that no country could monopolize, Shanghai quickly emerged as a center of global economy and culture.
Old Shanghai, known as the 'Paris of the East' at the time, was a symbolic space of modernity, freedom, and art.
Thinkers who dreamed of revolution, exiled intellectuals who longed for freedom, and literary figures who loved art all gathered here.
This book tells the story of the people who lived in Old Shanghai during a time of upheaval, drawing on works such as movies and novels.
Through this, the author introduces in detail the formation process and historical and contemporary background of Old Shanghai, while also connecting the past and present of Old Shanghai by tracing the current appearance of places with historical significance."

index
Preface / 005
Prologue - Memories of the Free City / 011

01 The Glamorous Nanjing Road and the Marginalized Chinese - Lee Kwang-soo's "A Visit to Shanghai" / 041
02 China, Between Longing and Disappointment - Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "China Journey" / 065
03 Shanghai of Young Americans and Wales - My China Days by Nim Wales / 089
04 Shanghai Jazz Musicians, Historical Issues, and the Story of Their Fathers - Haruki Murakami's "Tony Takitani" / 103
05 Shanghai from the Perspective of the Lower Class - Joo Yo-seop's "Rickshaw Man" and "Murder" / 119
06 A Radio Weather Forecast Suddenly Reminded Me of My Study Abroad in Shanghai - Pi Cheon-deuk's "Hwangpotan's Chuseok" / 143
07 March 1st Movement: Korean Youth and Shanghai Embarking on a New Path - Sim Hoon's "Lover of the East" / 159
08 Shanghai Provisional Government, Memories of Kim Gu and Lu Xun - Kim Gwang-ju's "Reminiscences of Shanghai Days" / 177
09 Shanghai Koreans in Kim Gwang-ju's Novels - Kim Gwang-ju's "Long-Haired Old Man" and Other Works / 189
10 Colonial Scholar Eugene Yoo and the Vanished Song of the "International" - Eugene Yoo's "Memories of Shanghai" / 207
11 The darkest writings of Lu Xun during his Shanghai years - Lu Xun's "Memory for Forgetting" and "I Want to Deceive People" / 223
12 Martyrs of Communist Faith: Hotsumi Ozaki - "Statement" by Hotsumi Ozaki / 237
13 The tumultuous relationships between Zhang Ailing and Bernard Shaw, and Lu Xun and Lin Yutang - Lu Xun's "Records of Seeing Shows and the People Who Came to See Shows" / 253
14 Luan Lingyu, a top star in the Shanghai film industry in the 1930s - Discussing Lu Xun's "I'm Afraid of What People Say" / 275
15. The American revolutionary writer who called herself a "friend of the Chinese people" - Agnes Smedley's "Songs of the Chinese Revolution" / 291
16 Shanghai's Cultural Salon Connecting East Asia - Uchiyama Bookstore in Hongkou / 303
17 Stories of Old Shanghai's Apartments and Trams - Zhang Ailing's "Blockade" and "The Joy of Apartment Life" / 321
18 Acting, Truth, and the Multiplicity of Shanghai - Ailing Zhang's Novel "Lust, Caution" and Lian's Film "Lust, Caution" / 335
19 Memories of Shanghai from a Person Standing on the Boundary of a Nation-State - Zhang Ailing's "A Long Journey" / 351
20. Russians Who Introduced Western Culture to China - The Russian Orthodox Church in Shapeiro / 369
21. "Shanghai Style" in Hong Kong People's Memories - Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" / 381
22 "International City" Shanghai and the "Remnants" of the Nation-State - Yokomitsu Riichi's "Shanghai" / 399
23 Imaginary Spaces: Memories of Shanghai and British Guilt - Kazuo Ishiguro's "When We Were Orphans" / 425
24 Jews who fled Nazi persecution and traveled the globe to Shanghai - Hongkou Jewish Refugee Memorial Hall / 441

Epilogue - The Peace of Nationalism / 457
Recommendation - Shozo Fujii, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo / 475
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 31, 2023
- Page count, weight, size: 484 pages | 152*254*30mm
- ISBN13: 9788978010511
- ISBN10: 8978010512

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