{"product_id":"how-to-read-chinese-drama-a-guided-anthology-paperback","title":"How to Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Sieber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRegina S. Llamas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a comprehensive and inviting introduction to the literary forms and cultural significance of Chinese drama as both text and performance. Each chapter offers an accessible overview and critical analysis of one or more plays--canonical as well as less frequently studied works--and their historical contexts. \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Chinese Drama\u003c\/i\u003e highlights how each play sheds light on key aspects of the dramatic tradition, including genre conventions, staging practices, musical performance, audience participation, and political resonances, emphasizing interconnections among chapters. It brings together leading scholars spanning anthropology, art history, ethnomusicology, history, literature, and theater studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read Chinese Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is straightforward, clear, and concise, written for undergraduate students and their instructors as well as a wider audience interested in world theater. For students of Chinese literature and language, the book provides questions to explore when reading, watching, and listening to plays, and it features bilingual excerpts. For teachers, an analytical table of contents, a theater-specific chronology of events, and lists of visual resources and translations provide pedagogical resources for exploring Chinese theater within broader cultural and comparative contexts. For theater practitioners, the volume offers deeply researched readings of important plays together with background on historical performance conventions, audience responses, and select modern adaptations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Sieber is associate professor of Chinese at Ohio State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTheaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRegina S. Llamas is associate professor in the humanities at IE University, Spain. She is the translator of \u003ci\u003eTop Graduate Zhang Xie: The Earliest Extant Chinese Southern Play\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2021).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 10.9 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377036550451,"sku":"9780231186490","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NlZId2dQQm9LeEpobS9laHQ1UkFwdz09.webp?v=1779314808","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/how-to-read-chinese-drama-a-guided-anthology-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}