Opera, Society, and Politics in Modern China / / Hsiao-t'i Li.

Popular operas in late imperial China were a major part of daily entertainment, and were also important for transmitting knowledge of Chinese culture and values. In the twentieth century, however, Chinese operas went through significant changes. During the first four decades of the 1900s, led by Xin...

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Superior document:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 117
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2019.
Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 117.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 vol. X-365 p.) :; ill., cartes. ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Looking back at history in Late Imperial China
  • Changing discourses on China's popular drama: 1900s to early 1930s
  • The reformation of Beijing Opera in Shanghai
  • Reformed opera performances on the Shanghai stage
  • Reformed opera in Xi'an
  • Legacy and transformation: politicization and radicalization from the 1910s to the 1960s.