| Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-280). |
| Summary |
"The enchantment of the figure of the "male dan"--Female impersonator - remains a residual element in the cultural imagination of many contemporary Chinese societies. The various kinds of interpretive possibilities in the commanding tradition of cross-dressing Chinese opera have yet to be examined in-depth. In order to discuss "mistaken identity" and gender issues as they relate to cross-dressing on the Chinese operatic stage, this book examines a wide range of materials, including traditional dramatic texts, modern literary writings, critical writings (for example, quhua), opera paintings, and contemporary movies. The book explores gendering and gender differences that are constructed, reproduced, dismantled, and contested in this particularly rich site of Chinese culture."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on Translation and Romanization; Prologue; History; Text; Artifact; Acting; Body; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Operas, Chinese -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Operas, Chinese -- Analysis, appreciation. |
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Operas, Chinese. |
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Cross-dressing.
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Cross-dressing. |
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Male impersonators -- China.
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Male impersonators. |
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China. |
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Female impersonators -- China.
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Female impersonators. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Male impersonators. |
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Female impersonators. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Li, Siuleung. Cross-dressing in Chinese opera. Hong Kong : Hong Kong Univ. Press, 2003 9789622096035 (DLC) 2005366045 (OCoLC)52810857 |
| ISBN |
9789882200937 (electronic book) |
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9882200931 (electronic book) |
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9622096034 |
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9789622096035 |
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