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Alternative Chinese Opera in the age of globalization : performing zero / Daphne P. Lei.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML1751.C5 L44 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lei, Daphne Pi-Wei.
- Series:
- Studies in international performance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas, Chinese--History and criticism.
- Operas, Chinese.
- Operas, Chinese--Performances--Pacific Area.
- Performances.
- Chinese--Ethnic identity.
- Chinese.
- Pacific Area.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- "Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese "opera" in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Performing Zero
- Total Makeover with Femininity: Innovative Jingju in Taiwan
- Pacification and Silence Resistance: Performing Hong Kong in The Flower Princess
- The Blossoming of the Transnational Peony: Performing Alternative China in California
- Waiting for Meaning: The Joint Venture of Robert Wilson, Jingju, and Taiwan
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230245655
- 023024565X
- OCLC:
- 659231660
- Online:
- Cover image
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