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Drama Kings : Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937

Describes the formation of the Peking opera in late Qing and its subsequent rise and re-creation as the epitome of the Chinese national culture in Republican era China. This book looks into the lives of some of the opera's key actors, and explores their methods for earning a living, and their s...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Goldstein, Joshua, 1965-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Describes the formation of the Peking opera in late Qing and its subsequent rise and re-creation as the epitome of the Chinese national culture in Republican era China. This book looks into the lives of some of the opera's key actors, and explores their methods for earning a living, and their status in an ever-changing society.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (382 pages).
ISBN:9780520932791