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Operatic China: Staging Chinese Identity Across the Pacific (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
D. Lei
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Description for Operatic China: Staging Chinese Identity Across the Pacific (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
In this study Lei focuses on the notion of 'performing Chinese' in traditional opera in the 'contact zones', where two or more cultures, ethnicities, and/or ideologies meet and clash. This work seeks to create discourse among theatre and performance studies, Asian and Asian American studies, and transnational and diasporic studies.
In this study Lei focuses on the notion of 'performing Chinese' in traditional opera in the 'contact zones', where two or more cultures, ethnicities, and/or ideologies meet and clash. This work seeks to create discourse among theatre and performance studies, Asian and Asian American studies, and transnational and diasporic studies.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403973276
SKU
V9781403973276
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99-15
About D. Lei
DAPHNE P. LEI is Assistant Professor of Drama, University of California-Irvine, USA, having received her BA from Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan (English), MA from California State University, Los Angeles (Theatre Arts), Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities from Stanford University (Drama) and her PhD from Tufts. Her interests and expertise include Asian Theatre, Asian American Theatre, Intercultural Theatre, Chinese Theatre and ... Read more
Reviews for Operatic China: Staging Chinese Identity Across the Pacific (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
"Comparatively little has been written on Chinese opera, and this is perhaps the first book to look at how that tradition functions in immigrant populations in other geographic areas...Recommended." - CHOICE