Ruling the stage : : social and cultural history of opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China / / by Igor Iwo Chabrowski.
Through an innovative interdisciplinary reading and field research, Igor Chabrowski analyses the history of the development of opera in Sichuan, arguing that opera serves as a microcosm of the profound transformation of modern Chinese culture between the 18th century and 1950s. He investigates the c...
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| Superior document: | China Studies ; 49 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | China Studies ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (367 pages) |
| Notes: | Igor Chabrowski analyses the history of the development of opera in Sichuan, arguing that opera serves as a microcosm of the profoundtransformation of modern Chinese culture between the 18th century and 1950s. |
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| Summary: | Through an innovative interdisciplinary reading and field research, Igor Chabrowski analyses the history of the development of opera in Sichuan, arguing that opera serves as a microcosm of the profound transformation of modern Chinese culture between the 18th century and 1950s. He investigates the complex path of opera over this course of history: exiting the temple festivals, becoming a public obsession on commercial stages, and finally being harnessed to partisan propaganda work. The book analyzes the process of cross-regional integration of Chinese culture and the emergence of the national opera genre. Moreover, opera is shown as an example of the culture wars that raged inside China’s popular culture. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004519398 9789004519381 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Igor Iwo Chabrowski. |