Cosmopolitanism anc Nationalism in Shanghai Sports

As the symbolic centerpiece. of the "New China" and the dramatic transformation of a socialist economy to a market-driven one, Shanghai holds a special place in the Chinese social imaginary of modernity and the good life. This Shanghai modernity, however, is marked by a tension between competing claims of cosmopolitanism and nationalism that are present in everyday cultural practices. Looking at Shanghai fans' consumption of sports reveals how competing claims of cosmopolitanism and nationalism. play out in this global city, showing how these seemingly paradoxical ideas are resolved in. popular culture through, the process of localization. [Shanghai, China, cosmopolitanism., nationalism, sports, popular culture]