Writing on Actresses and the Modern Transformation of Opera Fandom in 1910s Beijing.
This article explores the modern transformation of opera fandom in early twentieth-century China through the hitherto unexamined fan literature about actresses by men of letters. Ostensibly conservative in both its style, based on earlier huapu (flower registers) writing, and its invocation of Confu...
| Publicado en: | Modern China Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 433 - 466 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jul2019
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