Shanghai cosmopolitan
Class, gender and cultural citizenship in Weihui's Shanghai Babe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12422201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deirdre Sabina Knight (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 37 |
| Pages | 639-653 |
| Publication date | 2003-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1067056032000117687 |
| OpenAlex | W2004557879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In Weihui's banned novel, Shanghai Babe (1999), the social effects of globalization can be seen in changing ethical discourses concerning what it is to be a responsible citizen, friend or lover. Beginning with a discussion of cosmopolitanism and cultural citizenship, this paper explores how class inequalities and gender hierarchies undercut these ideals. For while the novel celebrates cosmopolitan choice and cultural empowerment, its plot also foregrounds the fragility of interpersonal commitments in the face of market capitalism's promotion of both a culture of immediate pleasure and an elite culture based on deferred gratification. Similarly, the novel celebrates sexual freedom, but its graphic accounts of the protagonist's sado-masochistic affair with a married German businessman may leave readers wary of the dangers of transgressing conventional norms
Citizenship · Cosmopolitanism · Cultural capital · Elite · German · Globalization · Pleasure · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2015 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |