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Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China

Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China

Chabrowski, Igor Iwo

Hardcover

Series: China Studies, Book 49

General SociologyTheater HistoryPlays

ISBN10: 9004519386
ISBN13: 9789004519381
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jun 2 2022
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.22 Depth: 9.29
Language: English
Through an innovative interdisciplinary reading and field research, Igor Chabrowski analyses the history of the development of opera in Sichuan, arguing that opera serves as a microcosm of the profound transformation of modern Chinese culture between the 18th century and 1950s. He investigates the complex path of opera over this course of history: exiting the temple festivals, becoming a public obsession on commercial stages, and finally being harnessed to partisan propaganda work. The book analyzes the process of cross-regional integration of Chinese culture and the emergence of the national opera genre. Moreover, opera is shown as an example of the culture wars that raged inside China's popular culture.

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