The Metamorphosis of Tianxian pei: Local Opera under the Revolution (1949-1956)

2017/07/03 by Paola Iovene · 26 citations
Social Sciences · #Chinese history and philosophy #Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics #Asian Culture and Media Studies #Metamorphosis #Opera #Art #Art history #Biology #Botany

paper · doi:10.1080/01937774.2017.1403188

published in CHINOPERL 36(2), 134-139 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

Since its consolidation in Yan’an in the early 1940s, the Chinese Communist Party has tapped into a rich repertoire of popular stories, imbuing familiar characters and narratives with new meanings ...

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