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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
| Title: | Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China |
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| Authors: | Chabrowski, Igor Iwo |
| Publisher Information: | Brill, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Collection: | Books Imported or submitted locally |
| Original Material: | af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 49 |
| Subject Terms: | China, commercialisation, commercialization, laicization, opera, opera performers, politicization, politics of culture, Sichuan, Sichuan Opera, social institutions, temple festivals, theater, Society and culture: general, Theatre studies, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 |
| Description: | 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. |
| Document Type: | book |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-51939-8 978-90-04-51938-1 90-04-51939-4 90-04-51938-6 |
| Relation: | China Studies |
| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004519398 |
| Access URL: | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105312 |
| Rights: | URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Notes: | ONIX_20250808T162309_9789004519398_42 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105312 https://brill.com/display/title/62315 |
| Accession Number: | edsoap.20.500.12657.105312 |
| Database: | OAPEN Library |
| ISBN: | 9789004519398 9789004519381 9004519394 9004519386 |
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| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004519398 |