Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China

Through an innovative interdisciplinary reading and field research, Igor Chabrowski analyses the history of the development of opera in Sichuan, arguing that opera serves as a microcosm of the profound transformation of modern Chinese culture between the 18th century and 1950s. He investigates the c...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1648572025-08-09T05:08:18Z Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China Chabrowski, Igor Iwo China commercialisation commercialization laicization opera opera performers politicization politics of culture Sichuan Sichuan Opera social institutions temple festivals theater thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East::1FPC China thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MN 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 Through an innovative interdisciplinary reading and field research, Igor Chabrowski analyses the history of the development of opera in Sichuan, arguing that opera serves as a microcosm of the profound transformation of modern Chinese culture between the 18th century and 1950s. He investigates the complex path of opera over this course of history: exiting the temple festivals, becoming a public obsession on commercial stages, and finally being harnessed to partisan propaganda work. The book analyzes the process of cross-regional integration of Chinese culture and the emergence of the national opera genre. Moreover, opera is shown as an example of the culture wars that raged inside China’s popular culture. 2025-08-09T05:08:17Z 2025-08-09T05:08:17Z 2025-08-08T14:29:05Z 2022 book ONIX_20250808T162309_9789004519398_42 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105312 9789004519398 9789004519381 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/164857 eng China Studies open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105312/1/9789004519398.pdf Brill 10.1163/9789004519398 10.1163/9789004519398 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9789004519398 9789004519381 open access
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Chabrowski, Igor Iwo
Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
title Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
title_full Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
title_fullStr Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
title_full_unstemmed Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
title_short Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
title_sort ruling the stage social and cultural history of opera in sichuan from the qing to the people s republic of china
topic China
commercialisation
commercialization
laicization
opera
opera performers
politicization
politics of culture
Sichuan
Sichuan Opera
social institutions
temple festivals
theater
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