Reading the Right Text : : An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama / / ed. by Xiaomei Chen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Chen, Xiaomei,; Denton, Kirk A.,; Gunn, Edward M.,; Ma, Yuanxi,; Williams, Philip F.,; Wong, Timothy C.,; Wu, Charles Qianzhi,
• HerausgeberIn: Chen, Xiaomei,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.)

Reading the Right Text introduces six new plays from contemporary China, five of which are translated here into English for the first time. Chosen from a wide variety of well-received dramas of the period, each play represents the traditions and changes in a particular subgenre: regional theater, pr...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Dead Visiting the Living, Liu Shugang
• 3. The World's Top Restaurant, He Jiping
• 4. Black Stones, Yang Limin
• 5. Jiang Qing and Her Husbands, Sha Yexin
• 6. Green Barracks, Zhang Lili
• 7. Wild Grass, Zhang Mingyuan
• Notes on Playwrights
• Notes on Editor and Translators