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The murder of Lianying
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | He, Qiliang |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | The murder of Lianying (?–1920), one of the winners of the 1917 courtesan election, in 1920 is the subject for scrutiny in this chapter. In the early Republican times, when Chinese newspapers had yet to hire professional, full-time correspondents to report local news, rumors and gossip played a key role as a supplier of news in town. I thus address a peculiar journalistic practice in China—namely, the confluence between the rumor and the news. Furthermore, the enormous attention that the case received enables me to examine the complex interaction between the newspaper and other means of communication and representation. My research points out that the newspaper began to play a pivotal role as a source of information and inspiration for other communicational and entertainment genres in urban culture at this historical juncture. Such a network of communication in turn contributed to the expansion of journalistic public sphere(s) to reach a wide audience.This chapter explores the murder of Lianying, one of the winners of the 1917 courtesan election, in 1920 is the subject for scrutiny. It discusses that Lianying, the superstar courtesan in the 1917 election, continues to figure as one of the protagonists. The chapter shows that newspapers, theaters, publishers, writers, folklorists, and filmmakers were revved up to produce their own products about the case. It utilizes Lianying's death as a case study to investigate the complex interplay between the newspaper and other means of communication—oral, printed, performing, and mechanized. The chapter makes it clear that quite a number of high-budget mainstream newspapers were not satisfied with the tasteless news stories about the murder authored by "old-pipe" interviewers and sought new channels to access information about the case. It shows that it was Yan Ruisheng, not Lianying, who eventually fascinated the public in Shanghai and beyond, and thereby stood out as the icon of Shanghai modernity. Book Name: Newspapers and the Journalistic Public in Republican China |
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| Ending Page | 262 |
| Page Count | 41 |
| Starting Page | 222 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429438325-9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2018-10-08 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Newspapers and the Journalistic Public in Republican China Cultural Studies Murder of Lianying Journalistic Public |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
