Women in Traditional Chinese Theatre seeks to introduce Western
readers to Chinese classical drama as well as investigate how women
have traditionally been portrayed on stage by presenting original
translations of six plays from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries.
Framed with a comprehensive introduction to the Chinese theatre and
its representation of women, each play is preceded by an
interpretative summary of the plot, and an analysis of each play's
theme and significance. The selections in this volume feature women
representing the most popular female archetypes in Chinese literature:
the paragon of virtue, the stoic sufferer, the faithful wife, the
femme fatal, and others. Appealing to both scholars and general
enthusiasts of theatre, literature, and women's studies, this book
reveals how the cultural constructs of Chinese women are represented
in dramatic literature, and how the theatre, in turn, shapes this
representation into the cultural perception of women.
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ISBN
9781461693956
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
University Press Of America
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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