The rise of Cantonese opera / Wing Chung Ng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ng, Wing Chung, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas, Chinese--China--Guangdong Sheng--History and criticism.

Operas, Chinese.

Operas, Chinese--China--Guangzhou--History and criticism.

Operas, Chinese--China--Hong Kong--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] ; Chicago, [Illinois] ; Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Defined by its distinct performance style, stage practices, and regional- and dialect-based identities, Cantonese opera originated as a traditional art form performed by itinerant companies in temple courtyards and rural market fairs. In the early 1900's, however, Cantonese opera began to capture mass audiences in the commercial theatres of Hong Kong and Guangzhou and changed forever. Wing Chung Ng charts Cantonese opera's confrontations with state power, nationalist discourses, and its challenge to the ascendancy of Peking opera as the country's preeminent 'national theatre'.

Contents:

Formation of Cantonese opera in South China. Itinerant actors and red boats in the Pearl River Delta ; Urbanization of Cantonese opera ; Urban theater and its modern crisis

Popular theater and the state. The cultural politics of theater reform ; The state, public order, and local theater in South China

Local theater, transnational arena. Popular theater in the diaspora

Theater as transnational business

Theater and the immigrant public.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

907290340