기호품의 수입과 도시문화의 변화 — 청말민초 상하이의 정백당, 커피 수입량 변화를 중심으로 —

Abstract

If we talk about the modern transition period of East Asia through the conflict or convergence process between traditional and foreign cultures, we have to mention Shanghai"s urban culture. Guangzhou is also a place where actively trade with foreign countries, but it can be said that Shanghai is more suitable for acculturation research because cultural conflicts or convergence occurred much faster and on a much larger scale in Shanghai after the opening of the port. It is difficult to explain Shanghai"s urban culture only with a simple theoretical framework. This is because the foreign settlement which represents Shanghai"s urban culture was planned and built after 1845. Nevertheless, I think it is not meaningless to look at the cross-section of acculturation because the people who create, enjoy, and own these cultures are Chinese who have a common traditional culture. However, it is not easy to find out how the pattern of acculturation occurs in detail. This is because acculturation is very diverse and complex, and so it is not only difficult to easily determine the main cause, but also it is difficult to visually confirm the causal relationship to the pattern of change. Therefore, in this paper, I would like to explain Shanghai"s cultural transformation through comparing Shanghai"s import status of sugar and coffee, and Shanghai"s population growth. I will first analyze and compare the import patterns of white sugar and coffee in Shanghai, and then explain the change patterns in relation to the changes in food culture in Shanghai. However, the goal is not to simply connect the distribution status of products and specific events seen in urban culture, but to examine how these movements of good work in the cultural transformation phenomenon of a city.