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Rethinking Chinese Socialist Theaters of Reform - Performance Practice and Debate in the Mao Era (Hardcover)
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Rethinking Chinese Socialist Theaters of Reform - Performance Practice and Debate in the Mao Era (Hardcover)
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The profound political, economic, and social changes in China in
the second half of the twentieth century have produced a wealth of
scholarship, but less studied is how cultural events, and theater
reforms in particular, contributed to the dynamic landscape of
contemporary Chinese society. Rethinking Chinese Socialist Theaters
of Reform fills this gap by investigating the theories and practice
of socialist theater and their effects on a diverse range of
genres, including Western-style spoken drama, Chinese folk opera,
dance drama, Shanghai opera, Beijing opera, and rural theater.
Focusing on the 1950s and '60s, when theater art occupied a
prominent political and cultural role in Maoist China, this book
examines the efforts to remake theater in a socialist image. It
explores the unique dynamics between official discourse, local
politics, performance practice, and audience reception that emerged
under the pressures of highly politicized cultural reform as well
as the off-stage, lived impact of rapid policy change on
individuals and troupes obscured by the public record. This
multidisciplinary collection covers a wide range of perspectives,
geographical locations, specific research methods, genres of
performance, and individual knowledge and experience. The richly
diverse approach leads readers through a nuanced and complex
cultural landscape as it contributes significantly to our
understanding of a crucial period in the development of modern
Chinese theater and performance.
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