Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Life

by Jie Li

Book Overview

In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this account--part microhistory, part memoir--Jie Li salvages intimate recollections by successive generations of inhabitants of two vibrant, culturally mixed Shanghai alleyways from the Republican, Maoist, and post-Mao eras. Exploring three dimensions of private life--territories, artifacts, and gossip--Li re-creates the sounds, smells, look, and feel of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231167172
• ISBN13: 9780231167178
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"