Performing Hybridity in Colonial-Modern China

By Siyuan Liu

Book Overview

In Shanghai in the early twentieth century, a hybrid theatrical form, wenmingxi, emerged that was based on Western spoken theatre, classical Chinese theatre, and a Japanese hybrid form known as shinpa. This book places it in the context of its hybridized literary and performance elements, giving it a definitive place in modern Chinese theatre.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137306106
• ISBN13: 9781137306104
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.8"