Alternative Chinese Opera in the age of globalization : performing zero /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 12 March, 2017 - 21:19

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Lei, Daphne Pi-Wei.

Source:

Palgrave Macmillan,, Basingstoke, p.xii, 232 p. : (2011)

ISBN:

023024565X (hbk.) :

Call Number:

ML1751.C5

URL:

http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1388/2300079/image/lgcover.9780230245655.jpg

Keywords:

Chinese, Ethnic identity., History and criticism., Operas, Chinese, Pacific Area., Performances

Notes:

Formerly CIP.Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-227) and index.Introduction: performing zero -- Femininity comes to the rescue: innovative Jingju in Taiwan -- Pacification and silent 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."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"--