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A complex social tapestry of longtang life
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IN her new book “Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Lives,” which is part microhistory, part memoir, Shanghai native Li Jie salvages intimate recollections by successive generations of people living in two culturally mixed Shanghai longtangs (lanes) from the Republic of China period, the 1930s and the 1960s-70s.
On Saturday, Li, an assistant professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University, will talk about the book in an event organized by Historic Shanghai.
Exploring three dimensions of private life, Li re-creates the sounds, smells, look and feel of homes over a tumultuous century. The two homes at the center of this narrative were located near Yangshupu in an industrial part of the former international settlement.
Through interviews with her own family members as well as their neighbors, classmates and co-workers, Li weaves a complex social tapestry reflecting the experiences of ordinary people struggling to absorb and adapt to major historical change.
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