| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 797 pages). |
| Series |
Studies in the history of Chinese texts,
1877-9425 ;
volume 12
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Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 12.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: what is Jingju, and why should we care about it? -- Jingju repertoire(s) and types of plays and playscripts -- Textualization and authorship before Xikao (research into plays) -- The production of a mass-market collection of Jingju playscripts: Xikao (research into plays) -- After Xikao: the rise of theater studies, copyright, and new censorship regimes -- New kinds of playwrights -- New kinds of publication. |
| Summary |
"What was the most influential mass medium in China before the internet? Jingju (Peking opera)! Although its actors were commonly thought to have been illiterate, written and other inscripted versions of plays became more and more important and varied. This book shows how increasing textualization and the resulting fixation of a performance tradition that once privileged improvisation changed the genre. It traces, from Jingju's birth in the 19th century to the present, how texts were used for the production and consumption of this important performance genre and the changes in the concepts of authorship, copyright, and performance rights that took place during the process. The state's desire to police what was performed is shown to have been a major factor in these changes. The scope and coverage of the book is already unprecedented, but it is also supplemented by an additional chapter (on where the plays were performed, who performed them, and who went to see them) available for download online"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Operas, Chinese -- China -- Beijing -- History and criticism.
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Operas, Chinese |
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China -- Beijing |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rolston, David L., 1952- Inscribing Jingju/Peking opera. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004461925 (DLC) 2021011864 (OCoLC)1242023276 |
| ISBN |
9789004463394 electronic book |
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9004463399 electronic book |
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9789004461925 hardcover |
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9004461922 hardcover |
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