Performing Hybridity in Colonial-Modern China

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Performing Hybridity in Colonial-Modern China is written by S. Liu and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1137306114 (ISBN 10) and 9781137306111 (ISBN 13).

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.