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008 110627s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aPN2878.M4$bT53 2012
082 00 $a792.02/8092$223
100 1 $aTian, Min.
245 10 $aMei Lanfang and the twentieth-century international stage :$bChinese theatre placed and displaced /$cMin Tian.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
263 $a1201
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aPalgrave studies in theatre and performance history series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Redefining a cultural nation and reifying a theatre tradition: Mei Lanfang's international debut in Japan -- The gentlemanly "leading lady" as "ambassador in art": Mei Lanfang's 1930-tour of the United States -- Three glory or shame to the Chinese nation: the Chinese debate on Mei Lanfang's 1935-visit to the Soviet Union -- Learning "the practical lesson": the interpretations and appropriations of Mei Lanfang's art by the Soviet theatre -- The effect of displacement: Bertolt Brecht's interpretation and refunctioning of Mei Lanfang's art -- Conclusion.
600 10 $aMei, Lanfang,$d1894-1961$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aMei, Lanfang,$d1894-1961$xInfluence.
650 0 $aTheater$zChina$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aTheater$zWestern countries$xHistory$y20th century.