Alternative Chinese Opera in the Age of Globalization: Performing Zero (Studies in International Performance)

Alternative Chinese Opera in the Age of Globalization: Performing Zero (Studies in International Performance)

D. Lei
$54.99
Publication Date: February 8th, 2011
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9780230245655
Pages:
232
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Description

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.

About the Author

DAPHNE P. LEI Associate Professor in Drama, University of California, Irvine, USA. She is one of the authoritative figures in the field of Chinese opera in the context of transnationalism and interculturalism. Lei is also the author Operatic China: Staging Chinese Identity across the Pacific (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

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