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Author_Teresa Chi-Ching Sun
Beijing Opera
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Chinese Classical drama
Chinese drama
Chinese literary history
Chinese literature
Chinese politics
Chinese society
Chinese Stage Plays
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Product details
- ISBN 9780761871316
- Weight: 181g
- Dimensions: 152 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 23 Aug 2019
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book traces the entrance of Western stage drama into China and the initial reception it received from Chinese intellectuals. Form the introduction of Western literature and dramatic concepts to China in the early twentieth century to the Chinese national theatre movement and renovation of Beijing opera, specific and social cultural conditions ushered the literature created in that environment. The central contention of this book is that the evolution of modern literary stage drama was an important aspect of the Chinese intellectual movement, transforming stage shows into messengers of social change. When two cultures collide, it can produce significant literary and cultural change. While there have been productive studies comparing the characteristics of Eastern and Western theatre, there has not yet been a study examining the social environments that brought these characteristics about.
Teresa Chi-Ching Sun has taught Chinese cultural history at the University of California, Irvine; California State University at Los Angeles; and California State University at Long Beach. She is the author of The Admission Dispute: Asian American Versus University of California at Berkeley.
