Alternative Chinese Opera in the age of globalization: performing zero

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"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"--

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Full title :Alternative Chinese Opera in the age of globalization : performing zero / Daphne P. Lei.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230300422, 0230300421
DOI:10.1007/978-0-230-30042-2
oclc:ocn707078730
LC Classification:ML1751.C5
Dewey Decimal:792.5089/951

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction: Performing Zero; 1 Femininity Comes to the Rescue: Innovative Jingju in Taiwan; 2 Pacification and Silent Resistance: Performing Hong Kong in The Flower Princess; 3 The Blossoming of the Transnational Peony: Performing Alternative China in California; 4 Waiting for Meaning: The Joint Venture of Robert Wilson, Jingju, and Taiwan; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Subjects

Chinese -- Ethnic identity Chinois -- Identité ethnique Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama -- Asian HISTORY -- Asia MUSIC -- Genres & Styles Operas, Chinese Operas, Chinese -- History and criticism Operas, Chinese -- Performances -- Paci… Pacific Area PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater