Painted Faces on the Prairies: Cantonese Opera and the Edmonton Chinese Community

by University of Alberta, Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, Helen Kwan Yee Cheung

This exhibition catalogue traces more than one hundred years of Cantonese opera in Edmonton within the changing dynamics of the Chinese community. It tells a story of life experiences on the Prairies by highlighting the inextricable relationship between Cantonese opera and the Edmonton Chinese community as this cultural practice moves deftly through historical periods between 1890 and 2009. This period has been selected to coincide with the arrival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551953382
• ISBN13: 9781551953380
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up