Opera and the City : the Politics of Culture in Beijing, 1770-1900.

In late imperial China, opera was an integral part of life and culture, shared across the social hierarchy. Opera transmitted ideas about the self, family, society, and politics over time and space. The Qing capital of Beijing attracted a diverse array of opera genres and audiences and, by extension...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldman, Andrea
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
1700-1899
Operas, Chinese > History and criticism.
Opera > Social aspects > China > Beijing.
Opera > Political aspects > China > Beijing.
Intellectual life
Opera > Political aspects
Opera > Social aspects
Operas, Chinese
Beijing (China) > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Beijing (China) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
China > Beijing
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Reign Periods of the Ming and Qing Dynasties; Acknowledgments; Overture; Part One: Audiences and Actors; 1. Opera Aficionados and Guides to Boy Actresses; Part Two: Venues and Genres; 2. Metropolitan Opera, Border Crossings, and the State; 3. Musical Genre, Opera Hierarchy, and Court Patronage; Part Three: Plays and Performances; 4. Social Melodrama and the Sexing of Political Complaint; 5. Sex versus Violence in "I, Sister-in-Law" Operas; Coda; Appendices; List of Characters; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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