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Drama Kings: Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937 Joshua Goldstein
Drama Kings: Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870-1937
Joshua Goldstein
Describes the formation of the Peking opera in late Qing and its subsequent rise and re-creation as the epitome of the Chinese national culture in Republican era China. This book looks into the lives of some of the opera's key actors, and explores their methods for earning a living, and their status in an ever-changing society.
382 pages, 19 b/w photographs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 13, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520247529 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 382 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 238 × 32 mm · 752 g |
| Language | English |
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