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.
Material type: TextSeries: China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 49.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 361 pages) : color illustrations, color mapContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789004519398
- 9004519394
- Operas, Chinese -- China -- Sichuan Sheng -- History and criticism
- Operas, Chinese -- Social aspects -- China -- Sichuan Sheng -- History
- China -- Civilization -- 1644-1912
- China -- Civilization -- 1912-1949
- Op�eras chinois -- Aspect social -- Chine -- Sichuan -- Histoire
- Chine -- Civilisation -- 1644-1912
- Chine -- Civilisation -- 1912-1949
- Civilization
- Operas, Chinese
- Operas, Chinese -- Social aspects
- China
- China -- Sichuan Sheng
- 1644-1949
- 782.10951/38 23/eng/20220415
- ML1751.C5 S534 2022
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 reads into 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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