Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps/Scenes; Essays; Backpages; Beijing: City of the Imagination; Confined Spaces: Conflict within the Squares and Courtyards of Qing Dynasty Beijing; Scenes 1-8; Feng Comedy: Beijingers in a Transitional Era; Scenes 9-16; Made in China: The Production of Red Light Revolution (Sam Voutas, 2010); Scenes 17-24; Navigating Beijing: Dreamers, Drifters and Drivers; Scenes 25-32; The State of Things: Political Power in Beijing; Scenes 33-39; Zhang Yuan's Urban Cinema: Transitional Cityscapes and Peripheral Lives; Scenes 40-46; Resources; Contributors
Summary
The title of Li Yu's film Lost in Beijing evokes the experience of many first-time visitors to China's bustling capital
This volume contains 50 scene specific reviews and 6 short essays covering all aspects of Beijing. It presents a diverse mix of contributors including well-established scholars and fresh new voices
