Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
Igor Iwo Chabrowski
ISBN 10: 9004519386 ISBN 13: 9789004519381
Published by Brill, 2022
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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.
About the Author: Igor Iwo Chabrowski, Ph.D. (2013, EUI) is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw. He has previously published Singing on the River: Sichuan Boatmen and Their Work Songs, 1880s – 1930s (Brill, 2015) and journal articles on the histories of China and Thailand.
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Title: Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural ...
Publisher: Brill
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: HRD
Condition: New