Goldman, Andrea S.

Opera And The City : The Politics Of Culture In Beijing, 1770-1900 / Andrea S. Goldman. - Stanford,California Stanford University Press 2012 - xv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-351) and index.

Opera aficionados and guides to boy-actresses -- Metropolitan opera, border crossings, and the state -- Musical genre, opera hierarchy, and court patronage -- Social melodrama and the sexing of political complaint -- Sex versus violence in "I, sister-in-law" operas.

9780804778312 (cloth : alk. paper)

2011047716


Operas, Chinese--History and criticism.
Opera--Social aspects--China--Beijing.
Opera--Political aspects--China--Beijing.


Beijing (China)--Intellectual life--18th century.
Beijing (China)--Intellectual life--19th century.

ML1751 / G65 2012

782.10951/156

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