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Author Lei, Daphne Pi-Wei

Title Alternative Chinese Opera in the age of globalization : performing zero / Daphne P. Lei
Published Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in international performance
Studies in international performance.
Contents 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-227) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Operas, Chinese -- History and criticism.
Operas, Chinese -- Performances -- Pacific Area
Chinese -- Ethnic identity
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
DRAMA -- Asian.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
Chinese -- Ethnic identity
Operas, Chinese
Pacific Area
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230300422
0230300421