Performing Hybridity in Colonial-Modern China

In Shanghai in the early twentieth century, a hybrid theatrical form, wenmingxi, emerged that was based on Western spoken theatre, classical Chinese theatre, and a Japanese hybrid form known as shinpa. This book places it in the context of its hybridized literary and performance elements, giving it a definitive place in modern Chinese theatre.

Author: S. Liu
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/08/2015
Pages: 245
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781349455041

About the Author
Siyuan Liu is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia, Canada.