| Description |
1 online resource (380 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser.
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Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser.
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| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Opera, Society, and Politics in Modern China -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Table -- Acknowledgments -- Overture -- 1. Looking Back at Opera in Late Imperial China -- 2. Changing Discourses on China's Popular Drama -- 3. The Reformation of Beijing Opera in Shanghai -- 4. Reformed Opera on the Shanghai Stage -- 5. Reformed Opera in Xi'an -- 6. Politicization and Radicalization -- Finale -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series |
| Summary |
Popular operas in late imperial China were a major part of daily entertainment, and were also important for transmitting knowledge of Chinese culture and values. In the twentieth century, however, Chinese operas went through significant changes. During the first four decades of the 1900s, led by Xin Wutai (New Stage) of Shanghai and Yisushe of Xi'an, theaters all over China experimented with both stage and scripts to present bold new plays centering on social reform. Operas became closely intertwined with social and political issues. This trend toward "politicization" was to become the most dominant theme of Chinese opera from the 1930s to the 1970s, when ideology-laden political plays reflected a radical revolutionary agenda. Drawing upon a rich array of primary sources, this book focuses on the reformed operas staged in Shanghai and Xi'an. By presenting extensive information on both traditional/imperial China and revolutionary/Communist China, it reveals the implications of these "modern" operatic experiences and the changing features of Chinese operas throughout the past five centuries. Although the different genres of opera were watched by audiences from all walks of life, the foundations for opera's omnipresence completely changed over time [Publisher description]. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Operas, Chinese -- History and criticism.
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Operas, Chinese. |
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Operas, Chinese -- Political aspects.
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Operas, Chinese -- Political aspects. |
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Operas, Chinese -- Social aspects.
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Operas, Chinese -- Social aspects. |
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Opera -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Opera. |
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China. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Asia / China. |
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Operas chinois -- Aspect social. |
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Operas chinois -- Aspect politique. |
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Operas chinois -- Histoire et critique. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Li, Hsiao-t'i Opera, Society, and Politics in Modern China Boston : BRILL,c2019 9780674987166 |
| ISBN |
1684171016 |
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9781684171019 (electronic book) |
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9780674987166 |
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0674987160 |
| Standard No. |
40028823353 |
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