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United Kingdom.: Palgrave Macmillan.. 2011.. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 192pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, hardback, very good. Thriving on its long-term collective memory of possessing futurity, the mega city of Shanghai on the Eastern seaboard of China is once more jockeying for the position as Asia's foremost modern place. An essential part of the regeneration of contemporary Shanghai has been the return, not only of foreign direct investment, but of 'Westerners' to the city since the 1990s. Contributing to current debates about the globality and mediatization of memories, Lagerkvist critically interrogates Shanghai's spectacular resurrection into an emergent world center from the vantage point of how Western elites (tourists, expatriates and travel bloggers) partake in the production of New Shanghai. Through performances of memory, Westerners consume the regenerative nostalgia of the city. This book shows that these mediatized memory practices become essential…
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Media and Memory in New Shanghai: Western Performances of Futures Past Hardcover - 2013
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- Title Media and Memory in New Shanghai: Western Performances of Futures Past
- Author A. Lagerkvist
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave MacMillan, U.S.A.
- Date 2013-07-26
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781137014641 / 1137014644
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (22.35 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Mass media and culture - China - Shanghai, Memory - Social aspects - China - Shanghai
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013021746
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.230
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