The Influence of Multiculturalism on the Construction of Shanghai’s City Image in the 1920s

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The Influence of Multiculturalism on the Construction of Shanghai’s City Image in the 1920s

Takumi Kamiya 1*
  • 1 International School of Beijing, Shunyi District, Beijing,China    
  • *corresponding author takumi.kamiya@student.isb.bj.edu.cn
CHR Vol.4
ISSN (Print): 2753-7072
ISSN (Online): 2753-7064
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-31-7
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-32-4

Abstract

As a cosmopolitan city in China, Shanghai has a rich cultural heritage and historical sites. As one of the first ports of commerce to be opened, Shanghai took advantage of its unique geographical, economic, and cultural advantages to attract a large number of immigrants, giving rise to the city’s diverse culture. In this paper, it discusses about the diverse culture of 1920s Shanghai and its influences to a variety of aspects on the city image of Shanghai. The paper focuses on the time period of the 1920s, a time period that is after the Opium War, and Shanghai is greatly industrialized. The multiculturalism of Shanghai is mainly analyzed in two aspects, culture and economy. The analysis concludes that multiculturalism, which started with the diverse cultures of the different peoples of Shanghai, causes some major influences and development to the city. This is further connected to modern-day Shanghai, and the influences are seen on the city’s image of Shanghai from multiculturalism and its effects in the 1920s.

Keywords:

Culture, Multiculturalism, China, Internationalization, Shanghai

Kamiya,T. (2023). The Influence of Multiculturalism on the Construction of Shanghai’s City Image in the 1920s. Communications in Humanities Research,4,309-313.
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Kamiya,T. (2023). The Influence of Multiculturalism on the Construction of Shanghai’s City Image in the 1920s. Communications in Humanities Research,4,309-313.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 2

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Editor：Faraz Ali Bughio, David T. Mitchell
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Conference date: 18 December 2022
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Volume number: Vol.4
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References

[1]. Honig, E. (1989). “The Politics of Prejudice: Subei People in Republican-Era Shanghai.” Modern China 15, no. 3, 243–74.

[2]. Lovell, J. (2015). The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China. United States: ABRAMS, Incorporated (Ignition).

[3]. Sheridan, M. (2021). The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic and Hong Kong. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

[4]. Xu, F. (2021). Silencing Shanghai: Language and Identity in Urban China. United States: Lexington Books.

[5]. 1920s Map of Shanghai. Photograph. Newman Tours. 2019. Accessed August 26, 2022. https://newmantours.com/1920s-map-shanghai.

[6]. Shanghai Community Church. Photograph. Virtual Shanghai. Accessed August 25, 2022. https://www.virtualshanghai.net/Photos/Images?pn=21.

[7]. Lin, J. (2017). Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

[8]. Workers for The Shanghai Electric Construction Co. Ltd. on Nanjing Road laying streetcar trolley rails. Photograph. ChinaSMACK. September 2, 2013. Accessed August 25, 2022. https://www.chinasmack.com/photos-of-shanghai-during-the-first-half-of-the-20th-century.

[9]. Field, A. D., Farrer, J. (2015). Shanghai Nightscapes: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City. United States: University of Chicago Press.

[10]. Yeh, Wen-Hsin. “Shanghai Modernity: Commerce and Culture in a Republican City.” The China Quarterly 150 (1997): 375–94. doi:10.1017/S0305741000052528.

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