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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jiang, Jin, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Operas, Chinese > China > Shaoxing > History and criticism.
Operas, Chinese > China > Shanghai > History and criticism.
Women in opera.
Popular culture > China > Shanghai.
Theater > China > Shanghai > History and criticism.
Folk drama, Chinese > China > Shanghai > History and criticism.
Théâtre > Chine > Shanghai > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre populaire chinois > Chine > Shanghai > Histoire et critique.
Femmes à l'opéra.
Culture populaire > Chine > Shanghai.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Operas, Chinese
Folk drama, Chinese
Manners and customs
Popular culture
Theater
Women in opera
Yueju > Zhejiang
Schauspielerin
Oper > China > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Oper > Frau > China > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Frau > Oper > China > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Theater.
Drama.
Pop-Kultur.
Frauenrolle.
Mann.
Oper.
Kulturleben.
Gesellschaft.
Teater > historia > Kina > 1900-talet.
Kvinnor i operan.
Populärkultur > historia > Kina > 1900-talet.
Shanghai (China) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
China > Shanghai
China > Shaoxing
Schanghai
China.
Schanghai.
Shaohing.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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