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Drama Kings - Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937 (Hardcover)
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Drama Kings - Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937 (Hardcover)
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In this colorful and detailed history, Joshua Goldstein describes
the formation of the Peking opera in late Qing and its subsequent
rise and re-creation as the epitome of the Chinese national culture
in Republican era China. Providing a fascinating look into the
lives of some of the opera's key actors, he explores their methods
for earning a living; their status in an ever-changing society; the
methods by which theaters functioned; the nature and content of
performances; audience make-up; and the larger relationship between
Peking opera and Chinese nationalism. Propelled by a synergy of the
commercial and the political patronage from the Qing court in
Beijing to modern theaters in Shanghai and Tianjin, Peking opera
rose to national prominence. The genre's star actors, particularly
male cross-dressing performers led by the exquisite Mei Lanfang and
the 'Four Great Female Impersonators' became media celebrities,
models of modern fashion and world travel. Ironically, as it became
increasingly entrenched in modern commercial networks, Peking opera
was increasingly framed in post-May fourth discourses as profoundly
traditional. "Drama Kings" demonstrates that the process of
reforming and marketing Peking opera as a national genre was
integrally involved with process of colonial modernity, shifting
gender roles, the rise of capitalist visual culture, and new
technologies of public discipline that became increasingly
prevalent in urban China in the Republican era.
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