Transnationalism and everyday practice: Cantonese opera theatres of North America in the 1920s
| Autor: | Nancy Yunhwa Rao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Chinatown
Opera media_common.quotation_subject Media studies Face (sociological concept) 06 humanities and the arts Art Collective memory 060404 music Visual arts 060104 history Entertainment Anthropology Transnationalism 0601 history and archaeology Cultural memory 0604 arts Music Chinese americans media_common |
| Zdroj: | Ethnomusicology Forum. 25:107-130 |
| ISSN: | 1741-1920 1741-1912 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17411912.2016.1151815 |
| Popis: | In the United States, Chinese theatres were prosperous in the 1920s, creating a vibrant Cantonese opera culture in several major cities. They staged performances daily, featuring stellar singers and elaborate productions. As cultural migration, operas played significant roles in Chinese communities, from entertainment to ritual worship, and from public face to daily practices. This article argues that the cultural space constituted an important part of Chinese American collective memory. The theatre space was complicatedly shaped by a list of players including the trans-Pacific network of merchants and performers, legal brokers, US Immigration officers at the port and in Washington, DC, as well as enthusiastic audiences and the social milieu. The theatres were subjected to many constraints and limited by them. By studying this cultural memory in its complicated layers, the article also explores the ways in which Chinese theatres and opera performances provide an important imaginary space for secon... |
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