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Inscribing Jingju/Peking opera : textualization and performance, authorship and censorship of the "national drama" of China from the late Qing to the present /

"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 textualizat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rolston, David L., 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Colección:Studies in the history of Chinese texts ; v. 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.