Peking opera and politics in Taiwan /

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Author / Creator:Guy, Nancy, 1960-
Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2005.
Description:xv, 230 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5667350
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ISBN:0252029739 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-222) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : positioning Peking opera on Taiwan
  • 1. The variable conditions and meanings of patronage
  • 2. The search for international recognition
  • 3. Peking opera in the service of state ideology
  • 4. The state regulation of repertoire
  • 5. The consequences of exile, the challenges of contact
  • 6. The musical legacy of isolation, the shock of reunification
  • 7. Democratization and the dismantling of "national opera"
  • App. A. A brief introduction to Peking opera and its music.