{"product_id":"revealingreveiling-shanghai-lisa-bernstein-9781438479248","title":"Revealing\/Reveiling Shanghai: Cultural Representations from the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries","description":"\u003ci\u003eRevealing\/Reveiling Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e provides international and interdisciplinary perspectives on representations of Shanghai, a contested location within political discourse and cultural imagination. Shanghai's complex history as a quasi-colonial city, and its contradictory identity as the birthplace of Communist China and the epitome of twenty-first-century capitalism, make it an especially fascinating subject. Contributors examine representations of Shanghai in film, art, literature, memoir, theater, and mass media from the past one hundred years. They address the ways in which texts from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have rewritten past and present Shanghai to reflect our own wishes and anguishes, show how the city resists static interpretations, and challenge notions of authentic representation and identity. By revealing and questioning persistent stereotypes and constructed versions of East and West, the essays offer diverse views so as to create a genuine exchange with contemporary global audiences. A wide variety of texts are discussed, including the films \u003ci\u003eStreet Angel\u003c\/i\u003e (1937) and \u003ci\u003eThe White Countess\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Everlasting Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eShanghai Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438479247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438479248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Lisa Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46217067364607,"sku":"9781438479248","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1398e04f-04ef-4f48-af99-92126c1c1ece.jpg?v=1728514183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/revealingreveiling-shanghai-lisa-bernstein-9781438479248","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}