Cross-Gender China
Across Yin-Yang, Across Cultures, and Beyond Jingju
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, Asian, Entertainment, Theatre, Performing Arts
| Author: | Huai Bao | ISBN: | 9781351674713 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 14, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Huai Bao |
| ISBN: | 9781351674713 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 14, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Cross-Gender China, the outcome of more than twenty years of theatrical and sociological research, deconstructs the cultural implications of cross-gender performance in today's China.
The recent revival in male-to-female cross-gender nandan performance in Chinese theatre raises a multitude of questions: it may suggest new gender dynamics, or new readings of old aesthetic traditions in new socio-cultural contexts. Interrogating the positions of the gender being performed and the gender doing the performing, this volume gives a broad cultural account of the contexts in which this unique performance style has found new life.
Cross-Gender China, the outcome of more than twenty years of theatrical and sociological research, deconstructs the cultural implications of cross-gender performance in today's China.
The recent revival in male-to-female cross-gender nandan performance in Chinese theatre raises a multitude of questions: it may suggest new gender dynamics, or new readings of old aesthetic traditions in new socio-cultural contexts. Interrogating the positions of the gender being performed and the gender doing the performing, this volume gives a broad cultural account of the contexts in which this unique performance style has found new life.
