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and23. How Shanghai (China) became the hub of the new print culture? Explain.Or |
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Answer» Shanghai became the hub of the new print culture, catering to the Western-style schools. By the 17th century, the print was no longer used just by scholar-officials in China. Merchants also started using print in their everyday life as they collected trade information. Reading became a leisure activity. The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, anthologies of literary masterpieces and romantic plays. Rich women began to read and publish their poetry and plays. Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about their lives. Western printing techniques and mechanical presses were imported in the late 19th century. From hand printing, there was now a gradual shift to mechanical printing. |
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