Performing China on the London stage : Chinese opera and global power, 1759--2008 /: Chinese opera and global power, 1759--2008. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ashley Thorpe.
• Authors: Thorpe, Ashley
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures ; Chronology; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mirrors of Empire; Notes; Chapter 2: Chinese Drama in the European Imagination Before 1736; Notes; Chapter 3: 'Confucius' Morals to Britannia's Ears': Modern Virtue in The Orphan of China, 1736-1759; Anglo-Chinese Trade and the First Version of The Orphan of Zhao; Chinese Dramas and British Politics: The First Adaptation of The Orphan of Zhao; The Second Adaptation of The Orphan of Zhao; Against Empires of Otherness: The French; Against Empires of Otherness: The Turks Shared Values: Britain, China and the Conception of VirtueNotes; Chapter 4: From Page to Stage: Chinese Opera and the Rise and Fall of Empires, 1759-1913; Sino-British Relations, 1760-1830; Drama and the Production of Knowledge; Ideological Imperialism: Exhibiting Chinese Opera, 1842-1884; Representing the Other in The Yellow Jacket (1913); The 'Authentic' Orient?; Colonial Mimicry; Objects and their Transactional Value; Notes; Chapter 5: Fashion, Chinoiserie and Modernity in The Circle of Chalk, 1929; Chinoiserie and Modernity on the London Stage; Object of Desire; Agents of Desire; Notes Chapter 6: Seeking Subalterneity in S. I. Hsiung's Lady Precious Stream, 1934Intercultural Modernity?; A British Chinese Theatre?; 'He is certainly playing the game!' A Subaltern Voice?; Asserting Modernity: Hsiung and Mei Lanfang; The Western Chamber: An 'Ancient and Modern' Production; Notes; Chapter 7: A Traditional Play in the Traditional Manner: Chinese Opera and the Politics of Diplomacy, 1946-1958; Gazing Over the Bamboo Curtain: Sino-Anglo-American Relations in the 1950s; A Fresh Wind: The British Far Left, Chinese Opera and Cultural Diplomacy; Notes Chapter 8: Chinese Opera in the Diaspora from 1949Cantonese Opera in the British Diaspora; Reciting Peking Opera in the West: The UK Beijing Opera Society; Performativity and Hybridity; The London Jing Kun Opera Association; Notes; Chapter 9: Opening the Stage Door: Opera, Reform and International Economic Policy, 1979-2008; Opening the Door; Opening the Stage Door; Globalisation and Experimentalism; 'A very alien kind of theatre': British Critical Resistance to China's 'Modernity'; Chinese Opera and Structural Power; Notes Chapter 10: Postmodern Politics: Olympic Ties and Cultural Exchange in 2008Selling Out: 'High Art' and Commercial Theatre; Monkey as 'Didactic' Theatre; Re-citing China: Lazy Parody or 'Awake to Vacuity'?; Notes; Chapter 11: Conclusion; Glossary of Chinese Characters; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages)
• Subjects: 782.10951; Operas, Chinese -- Political aspects; Operas, Chinese -- England -- London -- History; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Voice; MUSIC / Lyrics; MUSIC / Printed Music / Vocal; Operas, Chinese; Operas, Chinese -- Political aspects; Music -- General; History -- Social History; Social Science -- General; Music; Social & cultural history; Cultural studies; Theater; Music; Performing Arts -- Theater -- General; Theatre studies; England -- London; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137597861; 1137597860; 1137597852; 9781137597854
• Related ISBNs: 9781137597854
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 05, 2016).
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