Author
Demgenski; Philipp
Year
2024
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Language
English
Pages
28
ISBN
978-0-47290-376-4
Last Update
24-Jul-2025
Keywords
Sociology ; Asian Studies ; Anthropology ; Urban Studies
In October 2016, I returned to Qingdao, an eastern Chinese coastal city with a colonial past located on the southern side of the Shandong peninsula. A little more than two years had passed since I finished an 18-month period of fieldwork in the historical center. In January 2014, I had left behind a bustling two-story courtyard inhabited by over 60 families. Upon my return, just two people remained. The courtyard entrance had been fitted with a locked iron gate. My former neighbor, whom I call Brother Dragon, had to come down and open it up for me. The interior resembled...
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