UID:
almafu_9959245486602883
Format:
1 online resource (433 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-7734-2230-7
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0-7734-2203-X
Content:
This is the first English language book to systematically examine the life and art of Mei Lanfang (1894-1961). Mei, who specialized in female roles in classical Chinese theatre, especially jingju, is widely considered the greatest actor of twentieth-century China. This text includes analyses of his work from Chinese, Western, Russian,and intercultural perspectives.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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CHINA'S GREATEST OPERATIC MALE ACTOR OF FEMALE ROLES: Documenting the Life and Art of Mei Lanfang, 1894-1961; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Min Tian; Part One - Mei Lanfang's Perspective; 1.1 - My Life on Stage; Part Two - Chinese Perspectives; 2.1 - Mei Lan-fang and the Chinese Drama; 2.2 - On Mei Lanfang; 2.3 - Down with the Dan Actors in Women's Clothes; Down with the Representative Dan Actor Mei Lanfang; 2.4 - About Mei Lanfang's Daiyu Buries Flowers; 2.5 - Du Liniang in Deep and Boundless Love
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2.6 - Mei Lanfang: A True Actor, Creator of the Beautiful2.7 - Mei Lanfang, Stanislaysky, Brecht: A Study in Contrasts; Part Three - Western and Russian Perspectives; 3.1 - Mei Lan-Fang; 3.2 - Chinese Acting; 3.3 - On Mei Lan-fang: Artiste on Tour Speech at the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (VOKS), April 14, 1935; 3.4 - The Magician of the Pear Orchard; 3.5 - Mei Lan-fang-Our Guest; 3.6 - An Evening for the Final Conclusion of the Visit of Mei Lan-fang's Theatre in the USSR, April 14, 1935; Part Four - Intercultural Perspectives
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4.1 - Mei Lanfang: A Case Against and a Model for the Occidental Stage4.2 - The Effect of Displacement: Bertolt Brecht's Interpretation and Refunctioning of Mei Lanfang's Art; 4.3 - ""What then is the practical lesson"": The Interpretations and Appropriations of Mei Lanfang by the Soviet Theatre; 4.4 - Mei Lanfang in Moscow, 1935: Familiar, Unfamiliar, Defamiliar; 4.5 - Brokering Glory for the Chinese Nation: Mei Lanfang's 1930 American Tour; 4.6 - ""Introducing Occidentals to an Exotic Art"": Mei Lanfang in New York; Appendix - Mei Lanfang: A Chronology; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7734-3777-0
Language:
English
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