Chinese Shadow Theatre: History, Popular Religion, and Women Warriors
Autor Fan Pen Li Chenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mar 2022
In her study of Chinese shadow theatre Fan Pen Li Chen documents and corrects misconceptions about this once-popular art form. Drawing on extensive research and fieldwork, she argues that these plays served a mainly religious function during the Qing dynasty and that the appeal of women warrior characters reflected the lower classes' high tolerance for the unorthodox and subversive.Chinese Shadow Theatre includes several rare transcriptions of oral performances, including a didactic play on the eighteen levels of Hell, and Investiture of the Gods, a sacred saga, and translations of three rare, hand-copied shadow plays featuring religious themes and women warrior characters.Chen examines the relationship between historical and fictional women warriors and those in military romances and shadow plays to demonstrate the significance of both printed works and oral transmission in the diffusion of popular culture. She also shows that traditional folk theatre is a subject for serious academic study by linking it to recent scholarship on drama, popular religion, and popular culture.
Preț: 240.35 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 361
Preț estimativ în valută:
46.01€ • 47.83$ • 38.15£
46.01€ • 47.83$ • 38.15£
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 15-29 ianuarie 25
Livrare express 01-07 ianuarie 25 pentru 34.49 lei
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780228011873
ISBN-10: 0228011876
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 17 photographs
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: McGill-Queen's University Press
Colecția McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-10: 0228011876
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 17 photographs
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: McGill-Queen's University Press
Colecția McGill-Queen's University Press
Recenzii
“Chen's book is a welcome development to both Chinese theatre and puppetry studies. She has rendered Chinese shadow theatre accessible to a contemporary international audience and demonstrated its rightful place as an important part of China's popular cultural heritage." Theatre Research International
“Chen has done us a great service through this major and highly original analysis of shadow theatre. The documentation, based on field research and extensive printed material, is excellent.” China Review International
"Most compelling is the discussion of gender, the rich images and motifs associated with female warriors, and the role of women in upholding or subverting the value system of their cultures." Amila Buturovic, humanities, York University
"An important book for what it tells us about the history of society and the arts in China. The social themes are woven into the artistic and literary and Chen includes coverage of the other performing arts and an extensive history of the mask in China." Colin Mackerras, Asian studies, Griffith University
"Guiding us through a millennium of Chinese shadow theater history, with a particular focus on the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Chen harnesses her versatility and expertise in the fields of drama, history, popular culture, ethnography, and linguistics to present a rich picture of this theatrical tradition, its importance in popular religion, and the significant role of women warriors in its repertoire." CHINOPERL Papers
Notă biografică
Fan Pen Li Chen is associate professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, SUNY-Albany, and author of Marionette Plays from Northern China.
Descriere
Chinese Shadow Theatre documents and corrects misconceptions about this once-popular art form. Fan Pen Li Chen examines the relationship between historical and fictional women warriors and those in military romances and shadow plays to demonstrate the significance of both printed works and oral transmission in the diffusion of popular culture.