An edition of Chinatown opera theater in North America
(2017)
Chinatown opera theater in North America
by Nancy Yunhwa Rao
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Chinatown Opera Theater in North America
2017, University of Illinois Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction. Everyday practice and the imaginary
Transnational history and immigration. Shaping forces, networks, and local influences ; The Chinese Exclusion Act and Chinatown theaters ; Immigration : privilege or right?
Performance practice of the 1920s. Aesthetics, repertoire, roles, and playbills ; An examination of the aria song "Shilin jita"
British Columbia and remaking opera in San Francisco. Powder and rouge : theaters in British Columbia ; From Lun On and Lun Hop to the Great China Theater, 1922-1925 ; The affluent years : the Great China Theater, 1926-1928
San Francisco's new theater and rivalry. A successful, majestic stage : the Mandarin Theater, 1924-1926 ; A theater of actresses : the Mandarin Theater, 1927-1928
In New York and the transnational arena. Two theaters and a merger in New York ; From Honolulu to Havana ; Epilogue.
Edition Notes
"List of Chinese names and terms": pages 321-331.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-395) and index.
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