Marionette Plays from Northern China
Author:   Fan Pen Li Chen ,  Fan Pen Li Chen
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9781438464831


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   03 April 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Marionette Plays from Northern China


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English-language translations of traditional plays from the marionette puppet theater of Northern China.

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Author:   Fan Pen Li Chen ,  Fan Pen Li Chen
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438464831


ISBN 10:   1438464835
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   03 April 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Post-Midnight Skits Lai Baozi Baldy's Wedding Night Peddling Notions Part II. Historical Fiction Empress Lu Usurps the Throne Yang Wenguang Short Version of River Yang Part III. Romance The White Undershirt Pavilion of the Immortals in Exile Works Cited and Bibliography of Chinese Puppet Theatre

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...a thoughtful investigation into the ancient but nearly extinct art of the marionette puppet theater of northern China. - CHOICE


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Fan Pen Li Chen is Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is the author of Chinese Shadow Theatre: History, Popular Religion, and Women Warriors and Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays from Shaanxi and Shanxi.

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