Listening to China’s Cultural Revolution [electronic resource] : Music, Politics, and Cultural Continuities /
Pang, Laikwan.editor.
Clark, Paul.editor.
Tsai, Tsan-Huang.editor.
Bringing together the most recent research on the Cultural Revolution in China, musicologists, historians, literary scholars, and others discuss the music and its political implications. Combined, these chapters, paint a vibrant picture of the long-lasting impact that the musical revolution had on ordinary citizens, as well as political leaders.
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Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Temporality: Continuity and Change in Cultural Revolution Music; 1 A Diachronic Study of Jingju Yangbanxi Model Peking Opera Music; 2 From Confucianist Meditative Tool to Maoist Revolutionary Weapon: The Seven-Stringed Zither (Qin) in the Cultural Revolution; 3 Breaking Bad: Sabotaging the Production of the Hero in the Amateur Performance of Yangbanxi; 4 Third World Internationalism: Films and Operas in the Chinese Cultural Revolution
5 Singing in the Dark: Film and Cultural Revolution Musical CulturePart II Geography: Transplantation and the Making of Regional Yangbanxi; 6 Dialects as Untamable: How to Revolutionize Cantonese Opera?; 7 The West Is Red: Uyghur Adaptation of The Legend of the Red Lantern (Qizil Chiragh) during China's Cultural Revolution; 8 The Dragon River Reaches the Borders: The Rehabilitation of Ethnic Music in a Model Opera; Part III Lineages and Legacies: Cultural Revolution Soundscapes beyond the Mao Era; 9 Musical-Dramatic Experimentation in the Yangbanxi : A Case for Precedence in The Great Wall
10 Sonic Imaginary after the Cultural Revolution11 Just Beat It! Popular Legacies of Cultural Revolution Music; About the Authors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bringing together the most recent research on the Cultural Revolution in China, musicologists, historians, literary scholars, and others discuss the music and its political implications. Combined, these chapters, paint a vibrant picture of the long-lasting impact that the musical revolution had on ordinary citizens, as well as political leaders.
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