Maoist model theatre : the semiotics of gender and sexuality in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) / by Rosemary A. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Rosemary A.

Series:

Women and gender in China studies ; v. 2.

Women and gender in China studies, 1877-5772 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Political aspects--China--History--20th century.

Theater.

Gender identity in the theater--China.

Gender identity in the theater.

Sex in the theater.

Women in the theater--China.

Women in the theater.

Women and communism--China.

Women and communism.

Communism and sex--China.

Communism and sex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here is a convincing reflection that changes our understanding of gender in Maoist culture, esp. for what critics from the 1990's onwards have termed its ‘erasure’ of gender and sexuality. In particular the strong heroines of the yangbanxi, or ‘model works’ which dominated the Cultural Revolution period, have been seen as genderless revolutionaries whose images were damaging to women. Drawing on contemporary theories ranging from literary and cultural studies to sociology, this book challenges that established view through detailed semiotic analysis of theatrical systems of the yangbanxi including costume, props, kinesics, and various audio and linguistic systems. Acknowledging the complex interplay of traditional, modern, Chinese and foreign gender ideologies as manifest in the 'model works', it fundamentally changes our insights into gender in Maoist culture.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / R. Roberts

Chapter One. Introduction: Gender And The Model Works / R. Roberts

Chapter Two. Role Assignment And Gender: Resetting The Paradigms / R. Roberts

Chapter Three. Costume In The Yangbanxi: Gendering The Revolutionary Body / R. Roberts

Chapter Four. Gender And The Kinesics Of Yangbanxi Ballet / R. Roberts

Chapter Five. Feminising Leadership In Song Of The Dragon River / R. Roberts

Chapter Six. The Yangbanxi Heroine And The Historical Tradition Of The Chinese Woman Warrior / R. Roberts

Chapter Seven. Gendering The Counter-Revolution: The Feminisation Of Villainy / R. Roberts

Chapter Eight. The Yangbanxi And Gender Identities In Post-Maoist China / R. Roberts

Bibliography / R. Roberts

Yangbanxi Filmography / R. Roberts

Index / R. Roberts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94984-5

9786612949845

90-474-3088-3

OCLC:

695990304