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Informationen zum Autor Joshua Goldstein is Assistant Professor of Chinese History at the University of Southern California. Klappentext " Drama Kings is a splendid piece of work! combining a rich texture of anecdote with an articulate and challenging theoretical position that reaches beyond the topic at hand. Goldstein breaks new ground by tackling opera in a fashion that is sensitive to a range of economic! social! and economic contexts. Clearly and elegantly written! this investigation of biographical! institutional! and social movements provides an especially rich set of perspectives on this period in China."-David Strand! author of Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s Zusammenfassung 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. This book looks into the lives of some of the opera's key actors, and explores their methods for earning a living, and their status in an ever-changing society. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE. (RE)FRAMING THE GENRE! 1870-1919 1. Late Qing Institutions of Peking Opera 2. From Teahouse to Playhouse 3. The Experimental Stage! 1895-1920 4. May Fourth Realism and Qi Rushan's Theory of National Drama PART TWO. PEKING OPERA TO NATIONAL DRAMA! 1920-1937 5. Landscape and Figure! Nation and Character 6. The Limits of Reform 7/ The Gendering of National Culture! Or! The Only Good Woman is a Man 8. Nationalization through Iconification Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
