Inscribing Jingju/Peking opera : : textualization and performance, authorship and censorship of the "national drama" of China from the late Qing to the present / / David L. Rolston.
What was the most influential mass medium in China before the internet? Jingju (Peking opera)! Although its actors were commonly thought to have been illiterate, written and other inscripted versions of plays became more and more important and varied. This book shows how increasing textualization an...
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| Superior document: | Studies in the History of Chinese Texts ; 12 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the History of Chinese Texts ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / David L. Rolston
- Copyright page / David L. Rolston
- Preface / David L. Rolston
- Acknowledgments / David L. Rolston
- Introduction What Is Jingju , and Why Should We Care about It? / David L. Rolston
- Chapter 1 Jingju Repertoire(s) and Types of Plays and Playscripts / David L. Rolston
- Chapter 2 Textualization and Authorship before Xikao (Research into Plays) / David L. Rolston
- Chapter 3 The Production of a Mass-Market Collection of Jingju Playscripts: Xikao (Research into Plays) / David L. Rolston
- Chapter 4 After Xikao : The Rise of Theater Studies, Copyright, and New Censorship Regimes / David L. Rolston
- Chapter 5 New Kinds of Playwrights / David L. Rolston
- Chapter 6 New Kinds of Publication / David L. Rolston
- Epilogue Living with Textual Fixity / David L. Rolston
- Appendix List of Plays in Xikao / David L. Rolston
- Bibliography / David L. Rolston
- Index / David L. Rolston.