Experimental Xiqu Performances Endure - A Soft Touch of the Wounds With Interweaving Aesthetics

This book presents a detailed, thorough and theoretical study on experimental Xiqu performances that have taken place in recent decades in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Note on Translation and Names
List of Figures
Prelude and Theoretical Framework
Chapter 1. Examination of the Xiqu Authenticity Discourse
Chapter 2. Xiqu in Modern China
Chapter 3. Experimenting China, Realising Theatre
Chapter 4. Orphan of Asia
Chapter 5. If You Remember, That Is Good
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix
Index

About the author

Lin Chen is Associate Professor at International Leibniz Research Center, Qingdao Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shandong University.

Product details

• Authors: Lin Chen, Chen Lin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032628097
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3262809-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Anthropology, PERFORMING ARTS / General, Chinese Theatre, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Regional Studies, East Asia, Far East, Regional / International studies, Performance Art, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies