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Women playing men : Yue opera and social change in twentieth-century Shanghai

Title
Women playing men : Yue opera and social change in twentieth-century Shanghai / Jin Jiang.
Author
Jiang, Jin, 1954-
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009.

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xix, 340 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
Yue opera and social change in twentieth-century Shanghai
Subject
  • Theater > China > Shaoxing > History and criticism
  • Theater > China > Shanghai > History and criticism
  • Folk drama, Chinese > China > Shaoxing > History and criticism
  • Folk drama, Chinese > China > Shanghai > History and criticism
  • Women in opera
  • Popular culture > China > Shanghai
  • Shanghai (China) > Social life and customs > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-329) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Opera, gender, and the city -- The origins of Yue opera -- The rise of feminine opera -- Patrons and patronage -- Staging in the public arena -- The opera as history -- A feminine aesthetics -- Conclusion.
Call Number
MWEL (China) 09-9197
ISBN
  • 9780295988436 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0295988436 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780295988443 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0295988444 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008024174
OCLC
225872664
Author
Jiang, Jin, 1954-
Title
Women playing men : Yue opera and social change in twentieth-century Shanghai / Jin Jiang.
Imprint
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-329) and index.
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MWEL (China) 09-9197
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