Alternative Chinese Opera in the Age of Globalization
Subtitle: Performing Zero
By: Daphne P. Lei
Series: Studies in international performance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780230245655
Subjects: Performances; Ethnic identity; History and criticism; Chinese Operas; Chinese
Description: "Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese "opera" in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: performing zero; title: Femininity comes to the rescue: innovative Jingju in Taiwan; title: Pacification and silent resistance: performing Hong Kong in The Flower Princess; title: The blossoming of the transnational peony: performing alternative China in California; title: Waiting for meaning: the joint venture of Robert Wilson, Jingju, and Taiwan; title: Conclusion.