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The Rise of Cantonese Opera. New edition

The Rise of Cantonese Opera. New edition

・ISBN 978-0-252-03911-9 hard US$ 60.00

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電子版あり 大学・学術機関向け電子ブック(eBook)ISBN 978-0-252-09709-6
著者・編者Ng, Wing Chung,
出版社 (University of Illinois Press, US)
出版年月2015
ページ数288 pp.
言語ENG
ニュース番号<A04-64917>

解説

Defined by its distinct performance style, stage practices, and regional and dialect based identities, Cantonese opera originated as a traditional art form performed by itinerant companies in temple courtyards and rural market fairs.

In the early 1900s, however, Cantonese opera began to capture mass audiences in the commercial theaters of Hong Kong and Guangzhou--a transformation that changed it forever. Wing Chung Ng charts Cantonese opera's confrontations with state power, nationalist discourses, and its challenge to the ascendancy of Peking opera as the country's preeminent "national theatre." Mining vivid oral histories and heretofore untapped archival sources, Ng relates how Cantonese opera evolved from a fundamentally rural tradition into urbanized entertainment distinguished by a reliance on capitalization and celebrity performers. He also expands his analysis to the transnational level, showing how waves of Chinese emigration to Southeast Asia and North America further re-shaped Cantonese opera into a vibrant part of the ethnic Chinese social life and cultural landscape in the many corners of a sprawling diaspora.