Shanghai’s Dancing World: Cabaret Culture and Urban Politics, 1919–1954 - Softcover

Field, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9629964481 ISBN 13: 9789629964481

Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2011

Synopsis

Drawing upon a unique and untapped reservoir of sources, this study traces the origin, pinnacle, and ultimate demise of a commercial dance industry in Shanghai between the end of the First World War and the early years of the People's Republic of China. Delving deep into the world of cabarets, nightclubs, and elite ballrooms that arose in the 1920s, the book assesses how and why Chinese society incorporated and transformed this westernized world of leisure and entertainment. Focusing on the jazz-age nightlife of the city in its "golden age," the work examines issues of colonialism and modernity, jazz and African-American culture, urban space, sociability and sexuality, and latter-day Chinese national identity formation in a tumultuous era of war and revolution.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Field is academic director for the CIEE "China in a Global Context" Study Abroad Program at East China Normal University, Shanghai.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9629964481
• ISBN 13: 9789629964481
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400