A city that never existed: Xiao Bai’s literary remaking of 1931 Shanghai

This article provides an account of the literary recreation of the semi-colonial Shanghai of 1931, carried out by the Chinese contemporary author Xiao Bai in his 2011 novel Zujie. It also includes the features and implications of such an operation. Critically praised as a turning point in contempora...

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Main Author: Paolo Magagnin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Architecture and Urbanism
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Online Access:https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/1608