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Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays from Shaanxi and Shanxi (Cornell East Asia) (Cornell East Asia)
Fan Pen Li Chen
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Description for Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays from Shaanxi and Shanxi (Cornell East Asia) (Cornell East Asia)
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
This collection of Chinese shadow plays contains seven selected traditional shadow plays from the Qing and early Republican periods from Shaanxi and Shanxi. A minor operatic genre, the Chinese shadow theatre provides one of the best avenues for examining the mentality and sense of humor of the silent masses. Although Shaanxi sports the largest number of shadow traditions in China and is where the art form is most vibrant, its shadow plays have never before been published in either Chinese or English. Translated from rare hand-copied play scripts, this volume includes the most literary and refined plays of the genre ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781885445216
SKU
V9781885445216
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Ref
99-1
About Fan Pen Li Chen
Fan Pen Li Chen received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and has taught at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. She is currently an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Albany. A grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada made it possible for her to make three trips to ... Read more
Reviews for Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays from Shaanxi and Shanxi (Cornell East Asia) (Cornell East Asia)
The first scholarly anthology of Chinese shadow scripts in English translation, [this book] increases our understanding of shadow puppet texts exponentially.... Chen's work is engaged scholarship of the highest level.... Visions for the Masses represents groundbreaking work in the field of Chinese puppet play translation.