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Chinese shadow theatre : history, popular religion, and women warriors /
In her study of Chinese shadow theatre Fan Pen Li Chen documents and corrects misconceptions about this once-popular art form. Drawing on extensive research and fieldwork, she argues that these plays served a mainly religious function during the Qing dynasty and that the appeal of women warrior char...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In her study of Chinese shadow theatre Fan Pen Li Chen documents and corrects misconceptions about this once-popular art form. Drawing on extensive research and fieldwork, she argues that these plays served a mainly religious function during the Qing dynasty and that the appeal of women warrior characters reflected the lower classes' high tolerance for the unorthodox and subversive. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 343 pages : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773575998 0773575995 128286646X 9781282866461 |