Women Playing Men - Yue Opera and Social Change in Twentieth-Century Shanghai

Informationen zum Autor Jin Jiang Klappentext Jin Jiang is professor of history and director of the Center for Gender and Cultural Studies at East China Normal University, Shanghai. She is a contributor to Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing Up in the Mao Era. Zusammenfassung Documents women's influence on popular culture in twentieth-century China by examining Yue opera. This title documents and analyzes the origins and development of the genre and its unique role in modern Chinese culture. It looks at Chinese women's struggle to control their lives! careers! and public images. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction | Opera, Gender, and the City 1. The Origins of Yue Opera 2. The Rise of Feminine Opera 3. Patrons and Patronage 4. Staging in the Public Arena 5. The Opera as History 6. A Feminine Aesthetics Conclusion Appendix | Interviews and Informants Notes Chinese Character Glossary References Index

Product details

• Authors: Jin Jiang
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780295988443
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98844-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Women Playing Men
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories