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Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan (Hardcover, New)
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Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan (Hardcover, New)
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"Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan tells the peculiar story of an
art caught in a sea of overtly ideological ebbs and flows. Nancy
Guy demonstrates the potential significance of the political
environment for an art form's development, ranging from determining
the smallest performative details (such as how a melody can or
cannot be composed to whether a tradition ultimately thrives or
withers away. When Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalists retreated to
Taiwan in 1949, they brought Peking opera performers with them to
strengthen their authority through a symbolically important art.
Valuing mainland Chinese culture above Taiwanese culture, the
Nationalists generously supported Peking opera to the virtual
exclusion of local performing traditions, despite their wider
popularity. Later, as Taiwan turned toward democracy, the island's
own "indigenous" products became more highly valued and Peking
opera found itself on a tenuous footing. Finally, in 1995, all of
its opera troupes and schools (formerly supported by the ministry
of Defense) were dismantled. Nancy Guy investigates the mechanisms
through which Peking Opera was perpetuated, controlled, and
ultimately disempowered, and explores the artistic and political
consequences of the state's involvement as its primary patron. Her
study provides a unique perspective on the interplay between
ideology and power within Taiwan's dynamic society.
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