Drama Kings : Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937.

By:

Goldstein, Joshua, 1965-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (384 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520932791
052093279X
9780520247529
0520247523

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

792.0951156

LOC classification:

PN2876.B37 G65 2007

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Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE. (RE)FRAMING THE GENRE, 18701919; 1. Late Qing Institutions of Peking Opera; 2. From Teahouse to Playhouse; 3. The Experimental Stage, 18951920; 4. May Fourth Realism and Qi Rushan's Theory of National Drama; PART TWO. PEKING OPERA TO NATIONAL DRAMA, 19201937; 5. Landscape and Figure, Nation and Character; 6. The Limits of Reform; 7. The Gendering of National Culture, Or, The Only Good Woman is a Man; 8. Nationalization through Iconification; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M.

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Summary: Describes the formation of the Peking opera in late Qing and its subsequent rise and re-creation as the epitome of the Chinese national culture in Republican era China. This book looks into the lives of some of the opera's key actors, and explores their methods for earning a living, and their status in an ever-changing society.

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Describes the formation of the Peking opera in late Qing and its subsequent rise and re-creation as the epitome of the Chinese national culture in Republican era China. This book looks into the lives of some of the opera's key actors, and explores their methods for earning a living, and their status in an ever-changing society.