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The Performing Arts in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
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The Performing Arts in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts
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The overthrow of the 'gang of four' in 1976 had profound effects in
all areas of Chinese society, and probably nowhere can this be seen
more clearly than in the performing arts. Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's
widow, was strongly interested in the performing arts and exercised
great influence over them. Professor Mackerras describes this
influence and the effects its removal had on the arts in the years
after Mao's death, as well as in the years following the Cultural
Revolution. This book, first published in 1981, deals not only with
opera, the spoken play, music and dance but also with cinema,
describing how in all these cases the Chinese have adapted
traditional art forms for political, social and propagandist
purposes, both domestic and international. It charts the
transformations that have taken place in all the multiple aspects
of the performing arts and sets them against the development of
Chinese society as a whole. It also looks at the role of the actor
and performer in society, including their training, social status
and livelihood.
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