Full Description
In Intoxicating Shanghai Paul Bevan explores the work of a number of Chinese modernist figures in the fields of literature and the visual arts, with an emphasis on the literary group the New-sensationists and its equivalents in the Shanghai art world, examining the work of these figures as it appeared in pictorial magazines. It undertakes a detailed examination into the significance of the pictorial magazine as a medium for the dissemination of literature and art during the 1930s. The research locates the work of these artists and writers within the context of wider literary and art production in Shanghai, focusing on art, literature, cinema, music, and dancehall culture, with a specific emphasis on 1934 - 'The Year of the Magazine'.
Contents
AcknowledgementsNote on the IllustrationsNote on CopyrightIllustrationsNotes on Romanization and ReferencesAbbreviationsPart 1: Introductory ChaptersSo This Is Shanghai!1 Literature and the Pictorial Magazine2 Art and the Pictorial MagazineStory One: 'Huilixian' Hai Alai Scenes by Hei YingPart 2: Lu Xun: Art Aficionado and Critic3 Politics, Art and the Pictorial MagazineStory Two: 'Luotuo Nicaizhuyizhe yu nuren' (Camel, Nietzscheanist and Woman) by Mu Shiying4 Two Critiques by Lu XunStory Three: 'Molu shan de xiaojie' (The Lady in the Inky-Green Cheongsam) by Mu ShiyingPart 3: The Rise and Rise of the Pictorial Magazine5 'The Year of the Magazine', 19346 Manhua Artists and the Pictorial Magazine - Guo Jianying, Huang Miaozi and Ye QianyuStory Four: 'Sharen weisui' (Attempted Murder) by Liu Na'ouPart 4: The Shanghai Jazz Age7 Cinema, Literature and the Pictorial Magazine, 19348 Jazz and Popular Music in Shanghai's DancehallsSuch is Shanghai!Appendix: Notes on Source MaterialBibliographyIndex
