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9780230245655

Alternative Chinese Opera in the Age of Globalization Performing Zero

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230245655

  • ISBN10:

    023024565X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-04-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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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 #x1C;opera#x1D; in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California.

Author Biography

Daphne P. Lei is Associate Professor in Drama, University of California, Irvine, USA. She is authoritative figure in the field of Chinese opera in the context of transnationalism and interculturalism. Lei is also the author Operatic China: Staging Chinese Identity across the Pacific (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Performing Zero
Total Makeover with Femininity: Innovative Jingju in Taiwan
Pacification and Silence 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
Bibliography
Index

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