Dancing With Mask

Shanghai was a world-renowned international metropolis on thirties,well-known as the Paris of the Orient, different from other parts of China in the world ,which is full of modern charm.Modern consumer culture had been somewhat embryonic in shanghai .And the Neosensuatist school which bud and developed in shanghai is the best blueprint to study the consumer culture undoubtedly.This paper will focus on three aspects of consumer society in Shanghai on thirties to study the desire of those people who have deep loneliness.Partâ… : From the ads covered in the city and the text written by the Neosensuatist school,we can explode the close attention paid on the female body.At the same time, the the Neosensuatist school was a pioneer in Shanghai on thirties well-known for the desire of the female body.On the other side,Consumption had become the target of people's lives and the most important thing. The desire to consuming had been inflating. Pursuit of "sensual pleasure" of the consumer culture pose a serious threat on the elite culture pursuing for the "pure pleasure" .When the croups of intellectuals which pose the pattern of"I think therefore I am" vs the pattern of "I buy therefore I am" posed by the modern consumer society ,this battle ended of the assimilation of the former. In this part I will study the desire spreading in the thirties Shanghai from two aspects: the desire of the body and consuming.Partâ…¡: Material abundance makes people pay more attention to consumption and desire .In the society buried by items ,people's lifestyles and living conditions had gradually changed.In this part I will expose the alienation brought by indulgence from the relationship between the object and people and the relationship between people and each other.Partâ…¢: When the urbanization comed with consumer culture,it not only brought rich material,but also indicated the disintegration of traditional society,the collapse of traditional values,and homeless soul .In this part I will reveal the loneliness and loss in the life of degeneration from three aspects :the failure of life ,a sense of loneliness and absurd world.In conclusion, the study on the Neosensuatist school about these phenomena and psychological state will help us do research on consumer culture in nineties during the 20th and find out how to look at the relationship between traditional culture and consumer culture.