Chinese Opera: Images and Stories

by Wang-Ngai Siu, Peter Lovrick, Siu Wang-Ngai

Chinese Opera looks at Chinese society through an exciting series of photographs of operatic performances from many regions of the country. The book introduces the reader to this unique theatrical form and tells the traditional stories that are its narrative foundation. Siu Wang-Ngai's extraordinary images, taken in existing light during performances, lovingly reveal the visual excitement of Chinese opera and point to the differences in costuming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295976101
• ISBN13: 9780295976105
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.4" x 10.2"