Published 2024-10-01
“…The article captures and examines the main narratives from three perspectives: 1) revisiting the
concession period as evidence of the beginning of modernity in
China, which was a time in which celebrity life stories and the emergence of modern urban elements were praised; 2) considering the
concessions as a dreamlike past of ‘others’ and ‘elsewheres’ belonging to a ‘
foreign land’ and a context far removed from contemporary life in
China, which favours the thematisation and leisure of Western architecture; and 3) selecting and targeting narratives focused on the heroes of the Republic of
China (1912–1949) and the People’s Republic of
China. …”
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