Opera And The City : The Politics Of Culture In Beijing, 1770-1900 - Goldman, Andrea S. (Andrea Sue) (Stanford,California Stanford University Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-351) and index.
Keywords: 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