| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
performing zero |
| Author: |
LeiDaphne Pi-Wei., |
| Place of Publication: |
Basingstoke New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 232 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
Studies in international performance |
| Subject: |
Operas, Chinese - History and criticism. - |
| Subject: |
Operas, Chinese - Performances - Pacific Area. - |
| Subject: |
Chinese - Ethnic identity. - |
| Subject: |
Operas, Chinese - Performances - |
| Subject: |
Fine Arts. - |
| Subject: |
PERFORMING ARTS - Theater - |
| Subject: |
PERFORMING ARTS - Theater - |
| Subject: |
DRAMA - Asian. - |
| Subject: |
HISTORY - Asia - |
| Subject: |
MUSIC - Genres & Styles - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230300422 |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
"Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese "opera" in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California"-- |
| ISBN: |
9780230300422electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230300421electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction: Performing Zero; 1 Femininity Comes to the Rescue: Innovative Jingju in Taiwan; 2 Pacification and Silent Resistance: Performing Hong Kong in The Flower Princess; 3 The Blossoming of the Transnational Peony: Performing Alternative China in California; 4 Waiting for Meaning: The Joint Venture of Robert Wilson, Jingju, and Taiwan; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |