| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·Prologue | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose of This Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Significance of This Study | 第13-16页 |
| ·Identifying Key Research Concept: Nostalgia | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第18-35页 |
| ·The Revival of the Global Shanghai | 第18-19页 |
| ·Shanghai—The Magic City of the East: A Brief History | 第19-23页 |
| ·Pre-1840s Shanghai: Self-Sufficient Coastal Market Town | 第19-20页 |
| ·Semi-Colonial Shanghai in the Late Nineteenth Century | 第20页 |
| ·Shanghai in the 1930s and 40s: A Hybridity in the Far East | 第20-22页 |
| ·Shanghai under the Planned Economy of Mao’ Era | 第22页 |
| ·Re-opening the Door of Shanghai in the 1990s | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Nostalgic Mode and Consumerism | 第23-28页 |
| ·Shanghai Nostalgia and Globalization | 第28-30页 |
| ·Shanghai Nostalgia: Looking Forward to the Past | 第30-32页 |
| ·Shanghai Nostalgia and Cultural Identity | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology | 第35-44页 |
| ·Photography: The Representation of Culture | 第35-37页 |
| ·Photography as Objective Representation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Photography as Subjective Representation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Semiotics: The Constructionist Approach to Meaning-Making | 第37-39页 |
| ·Social Semiotic Approach | 第39-44页 |
| ·The Ideational Meta-Function | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Interpersonal Meta-Function | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Textual Meta-Function | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Data Collection and Analysis | 第44-63页 |
| ·Shikumen: Space for Nostalgic Cultural Imaginary | 第44-58页 |
| ·The Bund: Fa ade of Shanghai | 第58-63页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusions | 第63-67页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第63-65页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第65-67页 |
| References | 第67-71页 |
