LEADER 04778nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910791653503321 005 20231113125311.0 010 $a1-282-87232-X 010 $a9786612872327 010 $a0-231-52160-X 024 7 $a10.7312/chen14570 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054525 035 $a(EBL)908643 035 $a(OCoLC)793166811 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000434662 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11268617 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000434662 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10402508 035 $a(PQKB)11141717 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908643 035 $a(DE-B1597)458740 035 $a(OCoLC)690102811 035 $a(OCoLC)979904235 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231521604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908643 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10424496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL287232 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054525 100 $a20090416d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Columbia anthology of modern Chinese drama$b[electronic resource] /$fedited, with a critical introduction, by Xiaomei Chen 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (1119 p.) 225 1 $aWeatherhead books on Asia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-14570-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction /$rChen, Xiaomei --$tThe Main Event in Life (1919) /$rShi, Hu --$tYama Zhao (1922) /$rShen, Hong --$tThe Night the Tiger Was Caught (1922-1923) /$rHan, Tian --$tAfter Returning Home (1922) /$rYuqian, Ouyang --$tA Wasp (1923) /$rXilin, Ding --$tOppression (1925) /$rXilin, Ding --$tBreaking Out of Ghost Pagoda (1928) /$rWei, Bai --$tThunderstorm (1934) /$rYu, Cao --$tIt's Only Spring (1934) /$rJianwu, Li --$tUnder Shanghai Eaves (1937) /$rYan, Xia --$tReturn on a Snowy Night (1942) /$rZuguang, Wu --$tTeahouse (1958) /$rShe, Lao --$tGuan Hanqing (1958) /$rHan, Tian --$tThe Young Generation (1965) /$rYun, Chen --$tThe Red Lantern (1970) /$rOuhong, Weng / Jia, A --$tThe Bus Stop (1983) /$rXingjian, Gao --$tWilderness and Man (1988) /$rLongyun, Li --$tGeologists (1995) /$rLimin, Yang --$tChe Guevara (2000) /$rJisu, Huang / Guangtian, Zhang / Lin, Shen --$tSecret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1986) /$rLai, Stan / Sheng-Chuan, Lai --$tMetamorphosis Under the Star (1986) /$rChan, Anthony --$tCrown Ourselves with Roses (1988) /$rChan, Joanna --$tGlossary --$tContributors 330 $aThe first of its kind in English, this anthology translates twenty-two popular Chinese plays published between 1919 and 2000, accompanied by a critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama. Primarily comprising works from the People's Republic of China, though including representative plays from Hong Kong and Taiwan, this collection not only showcases the revolutionary rethinking of Chinese theater and performance that began in the late Qing dynasty. It also highlights the formation of Chinese national and gender identities during a period of tremendous social and political change, along with the genesis of contemporary attitudes toward the West.Early twentieth-century Chinese drama embodies the uncertainty and anxiety brought on by modernism, socialism, political conflict, and war. After 1949, PRC theater painted a complex portrait of the rise of communism in China, with the ideals of Chinese socialism juxtaposed against the sacrifices made for a new society. The Cultural Revolution promoted a "model theater" cultivated from the achievements of earlier, leftist spoken drama, even though this theater arose from the destruction of old culture. Post-Mao drama addresses the socialist legacy and the attempts of a wounded nation to reexamine its cultural roots. Taiwan's spoken drama synthesizes regional and foreign traditions, and Hong Kong's spoken drama sparkles as a hybrid of Chinese and Western influences. Immensely valuable for cross-disciplinary, comparative, and performance study, this anthology provides essential perspective on China's theatricality and representation of political life. 410 0$aWeatherhead books on Asia. 517 3 $aModern Chinese drama 606 $aChinese drama$y20th century$vTranslations into English 607 $aChina$vDrama 615 0$aChinese drama 676 $a895.1/25208 701 $aChen$b Xiaomei$f1954-$01496785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791653503321 996 $aThe Columbia anthology of modern Chinese drama$93748107 997 $aUNINA