The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama: abridged edition - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 023116503X ISBN 13: 9780231165037

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

This condensed anthology reproduces close to a dozen plays from Xiaomei Chen's well-received original collection,The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama, along with her critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama. Comprising representative works from the Republican era to postsocialist China, the book encapsulates the revolutionary rethinking of Chinese theater and performance that began in the late Qing dynasty and vividly portrays the uncertainty and anxiety brought on by modernism, socialism, political conflict, and war.

Chosen works from 1919 to 1990 also highlight the formation of national and gender identities during a period of tremendous social, cultural, and political change in China and the genesis of contemporary attitudes toward the West. PRC theater tracks the rise of communism, juxtaposing ideals of Chinese socialism against the sacrifices made for a new society. Post-Mao drama addresses the nation's socialist legacy, its attempt to reexamine its cultural roots, and postsocialist reflections on critical issues such as nation, class, gender, and collective memories. An essential, portable guide for easy reference and classroom use, this abridgment provides a concise yet well-rounded survey of China's theatricality and representation of political life. The original work not only established a canon of modern Chinese drama in the West but also made it available for the first time in English in a single volume.

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L'autore:

Xiaomei Chen is professor of Chinese literature at the University of California at Davis. She is the author ofOccidentalism: A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China and Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Culture in Contemporary China; editor ofReading the Right Text: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama; and coeditor ofEast of West: Cross-cultural Performance and the Staging of Difference. Her bookStaging Chinese Revolution: Founding Fathers, Red Classics, and Revisionist Histories of Twentieth-Century China is forthcoming from Columbia University Press.

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• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 023116503X
• ISBN 13: 9780231165037
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 641
• Redattore: Chen Xiaomei