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Drama Kings : Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937 by Joshua Goldstein is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"In this colorful and detailed history, Joshua Goldstein 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. Providing a fascinating look into the lives of some of the opera's key actors, he explores their methods for earning a living; their status in an ever-changing society; the methods by which theaters functioned; the nature and content of performances; audience make-up; and the larger relationship between Peking opera and Chinese nationalism. Propelled by a synergy of the commercial and the political patronage from the Qing court in Beijing to modern theaters in Shanghai and Tianjin, Peking opera rose to national prominence. The genre's star actors, particularly male cross-dressing performers led by the exquisite Mei Lanfang and the "Four Great Female Impersonators" became media celebrities, models of modern fashion and world travel. Ironically, as it became increasingly entrenched in modern commercial networks, Peking opera was increasingly framed in post-May fourth discourses as profoundly traditional. Drama Kings demonstrates that the process of reforming and
Who reads Drama Kings : Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Joshua Goldstein
- Publisher
- Berkeley: University of California Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520932791
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Music, Sports