Public Amnesia and Multiple Modernities in Shanghai
Narrating the Postsocialist Future in a Former Socialist “Model Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2365258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wing-Chung Ho (0000-0002-7482-7188, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Wing Chung Ho, Wing Chung Ho Wing Chung Ho (City University of Hong Kong), Petrus Ng (0000-0002-1313-752X, Hong Kong Baptist University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 383-416 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0891241607309622 |
| OpenAlex | W2130850043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 72 |
In contemporary Shanghai, one key phenomenon that marks the disappearance of the status and benefits once promised by Maoist socialism has been the spread of consumer values among the populace. This article draws from the ethnographic observations of Cucumber Lane-an urban slum turned into a socialist "model community" in the 1960s-and the post-socialist cultural landscape of urban Shanghai to explore the different interests, agendas, and rationales of the residents in terms of multiple narrative forms that underlie the fabric of reformist China in transitioning toward a post-socialist future. The author concludes that, despite the state-led efforts to articulate a new course of transition, ostensibly by encouraging public amnesia of the socialist past, the "multiple modernities" expressed by the residents represent an "informal privatization of time" through which individuals come to lay claims on the control of their previously collectively shared future
Amnesia · China · Communism · Epistemology · Ethnography · Narrative · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Slum · Socialism · Sociology · State (computer science · State socialism · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |