Kunqu: A Classical Opera of Twenty-First-Century China
In Kunqu: A Classical Opera of Twenty-First-Century China, Joseph S. C. Lam offers a holistic and interdisciplinary view on kunqu, a 600-year-old genre of Chinese opera that is being fashionably performed inside and outside of China. He explains how and why the genre charms and signifies Chinese culture, history, and personhood. As the first comprehensive and scholarly book on kunqu written in English, the book not only discusses the genre in cultural and historical terms but also analyzes its shows as performative, cultural, social, and political communications.
Author
Joseph S. C. Lam
ISBN
9789888754328
Publishing/Printing Date
2022-11-07
Type
Publisher
Category
Humanities, History & Geography
Hong Kong University Press
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Publisher
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Winnie Chau
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Marketing Manager
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