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Women playing men : Yue opera and social change in twentieth-century Shanghai /

Modern forces converge and gender roles are challenged in this volume that explores the influence of Yue opera - a subgenre of Chinese opera that transformed all-male opera into an all-female art forms, with women cross-dressing as male characters.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jiang, Jin, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Opera, gender, and the city
  • The origins of Yue opera
  • The rise of feminine opera
  • Patrons and patronage
  • Staging in the public arena
  • The opera as history
  • A feminine aesthetics
  • Conclusion.